Guest v. Guest

This is an appeal from a decree of the superior court of Cook County finding that a quitclaim deed, absolute on its face, was in fact an equitable mortgage, and ordering the sale of the premises conveyed to satisfy a judgment and to pay future child support due from the grantor to his divorced wife.

The litigation had its start on July 24, 1950, when appellee, Mattie L. Guest, was awarded a divorce decree in the superior court against Mathew H. Guest, to whom we shall hereafter refer as defendant. The decree fixed separate interests in real estate owned by the parties, awarded appellee custody…