Peterson v. Emmerson

This was a bill in chancery, filed in the Madison circuit court, by Elizabeth Emmerson, defendant in error. In 1865 William B. Peterson, her then husband, since deceased, gave-to John Emmerson a mortgage on forty acres of land, to secure an indebtedness, and she joined in the execution of the same.. In 1866 Peterson died, leaving her as his widow, and two children by a former wife,—Alexander Peterson, then about thirteen years old, and Sarah A. Peterson, then about twelve years old. Afterwards said Sarah A. died, leaving her surviving, her husband, Hiram Smith, and an infant child, William…