Johns v. Montgomery

In this case a bill was filed by the beneficiaries under a trust deed executed in i860 by William Martin for the purpose of securing a modification of the terms of a trust. The trust deed conveyed the south-east quarter of section 14, township 16 range 2, east of the third principal meridian, in Macon county, Illinois, to Harvey C. Johns for the following purposes expressed in the deed:

“To receive the rents, issues and profits and proceeds annually arising out of said estate and premises, and after paying all taxes and assessments of every nature and description, proper charges on the same,…