Sands v. Sands
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. John V. Eustace, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, in the Whiteside circuit court, by Marcus Sands, against Candace Sands, praying that she be decreed to reexecute a deed for a certain forty-acre tract of land, and for general relief.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. John V. Eustace, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, in the Whiteside circuit court, by Marcus Sands, against Candace Sands, praying that she be decreed to reexecute a deed for a certain forty-acre tract of land, and for general relief. The material allegations in the bill are, that oh the third day of June, 1881, the defendant, for a good and valuable consideration, deeded a forty-acre tract of land, which is particularly described, to the complainant; that he took possession of the land under the deed, and made valuable…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scholfield
John P. Sands, and Candace, his wife, lived on a farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres, in Whiteside county, the title whereof was in him, from some time in the year 1847, and raised thereon a family of eight children, of whom five survived their father. The farm was opened and improved and cultivated, as we infer from the evidence, by the joint labor of all, each contributing, as is usual in such cases, to the extent of his or her ability, in his or her own way. As the children, respectively, attained their majority, they left home, and thereafter conducted business for themselves. Before…
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