Simpson v. Gardiner
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District; the Hon. FT. J. Pillsbury, presiding Justice, and the Hon. Joseph Sibley and Hon. Edwin S. Leland, Justices;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. J. McBoberts, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The material facts of this case are, that Gardiner, and G. W. Simpson, now deceased, bought a tract of land, say 80 acres, at the price of $2800. They each paid $500 in cash. The land was conveyed to them, and they gave notes and a mortgage upon the land for $1800, to be paid in installments. Appellant, then the wife of G. W. Simpson, joined in the mortgage. After the notes for this balance of the purchase money all fell due, Gardiner paid them off, and the mortgage was released. Simpson, to secure Gardiner the repayment of the money thus paid out by Gardiner, gave Gardiner three promissory…
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