Isett v. Stuart
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bock Island county; the Hon. George W. Pleasants, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Soholfield
John M. Stuart, assignee in bankruptcy of Thomas M. Isett, exhibited his bill in chancery against Thomas M. Isett and Edward B. Isett, to set aside a mortgage, from the former to the latter, alleged to have been made in fraud of the Bankrupt Act.
Notice was given to the defendants in the bill by publication, and decree rendered by default in favor of the complainant; but appellant was subsequently, on his petition, permitted to appear and defend, whereupon he filed an answer, putting in issue the material allegations of the bill, denying that the mortgage was made in fraud of the Bankrupt Act;…
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