Guilfoil v. Arthur
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. Francis M. Wright, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, brought by P. M. Arthur and others, grand officers of the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, against John H. Guilfoil.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. Francis M. Wright, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, brought by P. M. Arthur and others, grand officers of the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, against John H. Guilfoil. It is alleged, in substance, in the bill, among other things, that certain real estate in Coles county, Illinois, was conveyed by deed, on August 2, 1886, by Mary J. Mitten to John H. Guilfoil, in trust for the widows and orphans of deceased members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and under such rules and regulations as…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
There is no substantial controversy in regard to the-facts in this case. On the second day of August, 1886, Mary J. Mitten, who held the legal title to certain lands in Coles county, executed and delivered to the defendant, John H. Guilfoil, a deed conveying the lands to him in trust. The deed was as follows:
“This indenture witnesseth, that Mary J. Mitten, a widow, of Marion county and State of Indiana, conveys to John H. Guilfoil, as trustee, in trust for the widows and home and school for orphans of deceased members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, as hereinafter provided, for…
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