Council v. Bernard

On August 14, 1924, plaintiff in error, (who will hereafter be referred to as complainant,) individually and as trustee for her husband, William Council, filed her bill in the circuit court of Sangamon county seeking an accounting from defendants in error, Joseph Bernard and John R. Jones, (hereafter referred to as defendants,) and also to set aside a deed made by Council and his wife to Jones on August 23, 1923, conveying to him 421acres of land in Sangamon county. The bill alleges that a deed executed by Council and his wife conveying the real estate was made to Jones; that Jones paid…