Niles v. Harmon

In 1866, one Smith Frame was the owner of section 23, and the north-west (quarter of section 25, all in town 25 W., range 10 E., in Iroquois county, and during the year conveyed the same to David H. Virden, taking a mortgage thereon hack from Virden to secure the payment of the purchase money.

Afterward, Virden conveyed this section and quarter section in different parcels, and at different times, in the following manner, namely:

On July 27, 1868, to Peter Kussell, all that part of said section 23 lying west of the Illinois Central railroad, taking a mortgage hack on the land, to secure the…