Dinwiddie v. Self
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan County; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, brought by Mary J. Self against Samuel W. Dinwiddie, to reform a certain deed executed by him to her.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan County; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, brought by Mary J. Self against Samuel W. Dinwiddie, to reform a certain deed executed by him to her. The bill alleges that, on the 27th day of October, 1868, the complainant was an unmarried woman, her name then being Mary J. Philips; that the defendant was then the owner in fee of certain lands in Cass county containing 220 acres; that at about that date she purchased of the defendant the fee simple title to said lands for $9,000, and paid him the purchase price in full, that…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bailey
While the evidence of the negotiations which resulted in the purchase from the defendant by the complainant of the land subsequently conveyed is not very full or circumstantial, yet we think it shows with sufficient clearness that the contract which the parties intended to make, and which they in fact made, was for the purchase and sale of the fee. Indeed, upon this question there seems to be no substantial disagreement in the testimony of the witnesses.
The complainant testifies, in substance, that shortly prior to the execution of the deed, she, with her brother, visited the defendant’s farm…
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