Smith v. Hickman
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ OF Error to the Circuit Court of Franklin county! the Hon. Andrew D. Duff, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, by Zachariah Hickman against John S. Smith, administrator of the estate of William E. Smith, deceased, to have a judgment recovered by William E. Smith against the complainant, declared satisfied, etc., on the ground of a payment made to the intestate in his life time. The opinion states the material facts.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was a bill in equity to enjoin the collection of a certain judgment recovered by Smith against Hickman, for the sum of $87, and to cause an entry of the satisfaction of the same to be made on the judgment docket.
The bill alleges that an execution had been taken out on the judgment, and levied by the sheriff on certain lands of the complainant! that the judgment had been paid by a sale and delivery to the defendant of drugs, out of the drug store owned by the complainant and one Hoblitt, which drugs the defendant received in payment of the judgment, in pursuance of a previous agreement…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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