McQuown v. Law

In the fall of 1870, Perry G. Law purchased 106 acres off the west side of the N. E. ¼ of Sec. 21, T. 14 N., R. 9 East, in Coles county, for $2,230, paying $1,000 down and the residue soon afterward, with money borrowed of the Eastern Illinois Loan Co., and secured by deed of trust thereon; and in August, 1877, conveyed the same to Keziah Law, his wife, for her life, and remainder in fee to his three children, of whom two were heirs also.

In July, 1878, appellant recovered judgment in the county court against him and another for $537.87 and costs, on two joint notes of August 12, 1875, for…