Legal Opinion

Shipman Banking Co. v. Douglas

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided July 14, 1917Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. Prank W. Burton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1915. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eldredge

Mrs. Ella Miles on the death of her husband in 1903 became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land near Miles Station, Macoupin County, Elinois. In 1906 she sold the farm to Edward Douglas, taking in part payment therefor a note from Douglas for the principal sum of $10,332.80, payable in five years and secured by a mortgage on the land. In 1-909, Douglas paid $3,000 on this' note and with this money Mrs. Miles bought a house for a home in Alton, where she lived until the spring of 1911, when she went to live with W. W. Rhoads at his home in Brighton, and there resided until…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Taylor v. PegramIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Gage v. EddyIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Jordan v. KirkpatrickIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Hanchett v. KimbarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Anderson v. South Chicago Brewing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1898

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