Seitman v. Seitman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal, from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Effingham county; the Hon. William M. Farmer, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal, from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Effingham county; the Hon. William M. Farmer, Judge, presiding. This is a bill for an injunction, filed by the appellant, Bernard H. Seitman, the son and only child of the appellee, Bernard Seitman, in the circuit court of Effingham county, against the appellee, to restrain him from selling or encumbering any part of his real estate, consisting of a farm of 365 acres, in that county. The bill alleges that in 1876, the complainant having reached his majority the year previous…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The agreement alleged in the bill is, that appellant should work on the farm without compensation, assisting appellee to care for the premises, in return for which the land should descend to him. Appellee, in his answer, says that a part of that agreement was that the appellant should care for him and his wife during their lifetime,—quite another and different contract from that set up in the bill, and the only agreement which finds support in the evidence, appellant himself, as well as appellee, testifying thereto. That contract, if it can be called such, is very general and indefinite in…
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