Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Sawyer

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 25, 1886PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

This was a creditor’s bill, filed by the complainants, to set aside as fraudulent, and void as to creditors, two mortgages and a deed of lands, described in the bill, made by James Mitchell. ■ The circuit court decreed the relief sought. On appeal to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District the decree was affirmed, and the defendants bring this writ of error.

It appears from the evidence, that James Mitchell, in the year 1880, was indebted to the complainants in the sum of $1033, and also to one Peter Robertson in the sum of about $1200. Whilst so indebted he was the owner of a farm, near…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. Gillespie v. Federal Compress & Warehouse Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1953
  2. American Hoist & Derrick Co. v. HallIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. MullenIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Bostwick v. BlakeIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Crane ex rel. Niemeyer v. Illinois Merchants Trust Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1925

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