Powell v. Powell

The object of this bill is to declare and enforce a trust, and to that end to enjoin, etc. The substance of the principal allegation is this: Martin Powell, who has since deceased, in June, 1880, entered into a contract with Anna M. Dobbins for the purchase of a lot in the city of Peoria. The price to be paid was $900, of which $100 was to be paid down, and promissory notes of $100 each, hearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from date, were to be given for the payment of the remaining $800, and she was to give a title bond, obligating herself to make conveyance upon payment…