Booker v. Booker
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. S. L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Shelby county granting the relief prayed in a bill filed by appellees against appellant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. S. L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Shelby county granting the relief prayed in a bill filed by appellees against appellant. The allegations of the bill were, in substance, that on February 25, 1882, a certain forty-acre tract of land was sold at an administrator’s sale, under a decree of the county court of Shelby county, to pay the debts of one William Davis, deceased; that prior to the sale Nancy Booker, who was then the second wife'of John W. Booker, employed T. F. Dove, a lawyer…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The undisputed evidence -in the case is, that prior to February 25, 1882, John W. Booker procured T. F. Dove to purchase the land in question for Nancy Booker, and that the administrator’s deed to Dove, his quit-claim deed to Nancy Booker and her mortgage to Minerva Cooper were executed as alleged in the bill. The deed to Nancy was withheld from record by the directions of John W. Booker for some ulterior purpose which he does not explain. There is no dispute as to the fact of its delivery, and that it was the same day returned to Dove and remained in his possession until the hearing of the…
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