Enos v. Capps
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a bill in chancery filed by Capps against the plaintiffs in error and others. The bill charges that Capps had an equitable interest in certain lands, which Pascal P. Enos held as trustee for one Moore, and of which he died seized. That Moore and the heirs of Enos, are combining, &c., to deprive Capps of the land. P. P. Enos deceased, and left a widow and several children, who were all made parties.
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This was a bill in chancery filed by Capps against the plaintiffs in error and others. The bill charges that Capps had an equitable interest in certain lands, which Pascal P. Enos held as trustee for one Moore, and of which he died seized. That Moore and the heirs of Enos, are combining, &c., to deprive Capps of the land. P. P. Enos deceased, and left a widow and several children, who were all made parties. This writ of error is prosecuted by Susan P. Enos and Julia R. Enos, who are respectively under the age of twenty-one years, acting by Pascal P. Enos the younger, as their next friend. The…
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
This was a suit in chancery brought in 1884, by Jabez Capps against John Moore, William S. Hamilton, Salome Enos, widow of Pascal P. Enos, deceased, and P. P. Enos, Z. A. Enos, M. M. Enos, S. P. Enos, and J. R. Enos, his heirs at law. The heirs were then all minors. The bill set up an equitable title in the complainant to a tract of land, of which Pascal P. Enos died seized; and it contained a prayer that the heirs might be required to convey the legal estate to the complainant. Process was served on all of the defendants except Z. A. Enós, S. P. Enos, and J. R. Enos. At the October term,…
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