Hitt v. Ormsbee
Illinois Supreme Court
Hitt filed his bill in the Scott Circuit Court, to perfect his title to a lot of land, and to establish the right of Ormsbee to the lot, and to get possession of the land in his own right. Hitt sets out that in October, 1847, he recovered -a judgment at law, in the Scott Circuit Court, against Ormsbee, and sued out an execution, and levied upon and sold a house -and lot in Exeter, in said county, and purchased the same as the property of Ormsbee.
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Hitt filed his bill in the Scott Circuit Court, to perfect his title to a lot of land, and to establish the right of Ormsbee to the lot, and to get possession of the land in his own right. Hitt sets out that in October, 1847, he recovered -a judgment at law, in the Scott Circuit Court, against Ormsbee, and sued out an execution, and levied upon and sold a house -and lot in Exeter, in said county, and purchased the same as the property of Ormsbee. In fifteen months after the sale the sheriff made a deed to Hitt, conveying to him all the right of Ormsbee to said premises. That the lot was…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, J.
J. The admissions of Ormsbee, as testified to by the witnesses, are not competent evidence against the other defendants. In contemplation of law, at least, his interests were adverse to theirs. It does not appear that those admissions were made at a time when it was against his interest to make them, even if that would render them competent. The only indebtedness proved against Ormsbee, at the time he purchased the premises in question, except by such admissions, was his indebtedness as a member of the late firm of McConnel, Ormsbee, & Co. Although his legal liability for those debts still…
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