Babcock v. Babcock
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. George W. Patton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the June term, 1912.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee filed a bill to have a deed declared a mortgage and to redeem therefrom. He alleged that in 1901 he owned certain real estate in Livingston county; that on April 29, 1901, he deeded the same to his mother, Mary O. Babcock; that, though this was a deed absolute on its face, yet it was intended only as security for the repayment to his mother of $2,995.50 which he then borrowed from her; that on January 4, 1903, his mother died leaving a last will, which was admitted to probate and a copy of which was an exhibit to the…
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