Coughron v. Swift
Illinois Supreme Court
The opinion of the court gives a statement of the case. A final decree, upon bill, answers, exhibits, and proofs, was rendered by J. M. Wilson, Judge, at the April vacation term, 1856, of the common pleas court, for complainant, ordering that injunction be made perpetual, and that Coughron be restrained from collecting the judgment of seventh September, 1848, and that Church, the sheriff, be enjoined from making deed, etc.
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
This was a bill in equity, by Swift, against Coughron, Gates and Church.
The bill alleges that Gates, being indebted to Swift, to secure the payment of the debt, on the 18th day of April, 1846, conveyed certain premises to Buckner S. Morris, in trust, to sell and convey the same, for the satisfaction of this debt; that Morris, in execution of the trust, on the 17th day of June, 1847, sold and conveyed the same to Swift; that Swift afterward, by deed containing covenants of general warranty, conveyed the same to one Gntcheus; that Gates, also, on the 1st day of October, 1846, conveyed the same…
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