Wormley v. Wormley
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Hiram H. Cody, Judge, presiding. The complainant and defendant were married in Hew York, in the fall of 1836, and came to Kendall county, Illinois. When they came to this State they had but little property. The wife had been a teacher, and from her earnings had laid up some money. Shortly after their arrival here, they bought a claim to SO acres of land, taking the title in the name of the wife.
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Hiram H. Cody, Judge, presiding. The complainant and defendant were married in Hew York, in the fall of 1836, and came to Kendall county, Illinois. When they came to this State they had but little property. The wife had been a teacher, and from her earnings had laid up some money. Shortly after their arrival here, they bought a claim to SO acres of land, taking the title in the name of the wife. The wife claims that she paid all the purchase money, §100, for this tract, while the husband claims she furnished only §70 and he §30, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was a bill in equity, brought by Clark W. Wormley against his wife, Lorinda B. Wormley, to compel the conveyance of certain lands in Kendall county, and certain town lots situated in the city of Aurora, which property complainant alleges the defendant holds in trust for him. The first tract involved was the east half of the north-east quarter of section 10, town. 37 north, range 8 east of the third principal meridian, the undivided half of which the court decreed defendant should convey to complainant. This land, as appears from the evidence, was originally a part of a settler’s claim,…
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