Hovey v. Holcomb
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a bill in chancery, filed by the defendants in error, setting forth that Gerry Bates was indebted to them, by virtue of a judgment obtained against him, in the sum of $ 2,450; that Bates agreed with John L. Hovey, that Hovey should come to Illinois, and, with money to he furnished by Bates, should enter lands and make improvements, for their joint benefit—they being brothers-in-law; that Hovey came, and, with his family, settled at Cottage Hill; that Bates and Hovey…
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This was a bill in chancery, filed by the defendants in error, setting forth that Gerry Bates was indebted to them, by virtue of a judgment obtained against him, in the sum of $ 2,450; that Bates agreed with John L. Hovey, that Hovey should come to Illinois, and, with money to he furnished by Bates, should enter lands and make improvements, for their joint benefit—they being brothers-in-law; that Hovey came, and, with his family, settled at Cottage Hill; that Bates and Hovey being embarrassed, the lands were purchased in the name of John Addison Warner, for the use and benefit of Hovey and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Mr. Justice Catón :
The complainants were judgment creditors of Bates, and had levied their execution upon the premises described in the bill, and known as the Cottage Hill farm. With the exception of one lot, the land had been entered in the name of Warner, with the funds of and in trust for Bates and John L. Hovey. One lot had been entered in the name of' another, but had been transferred to Warner, upon the same trust, as is alleged. On the 28th of September, 1846, Warner conveyed the premises to Almon Hovey, the cestui que trusts and their wives joining in the conveyance.…
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