Bryan v. Wash
Illinois Supreme Court
Bill in Chancery, &c., in the Sangamon Circuit Court, filed by the plaintiffs in error against the defendants in error. The cause was heard before the Hon. Samuel H. Treat, at the March term 1845, when the hill was dismissed.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Caton, J.*
This bill was filed in the name of George Bryan, Sr., by his agent, N. Bryan, to have a deed which was signed and acknowledged by complainant conveying land to Mary Jane Bryan, which is charged never to have been delivered, but wrongfully and fraudulently obtained by Wash, who had intermarried with Mary Jane Bryan,—restored to the safe keeping and possession of N. Bryan, with whom it had been deposited, and the record of said deed be made void and have no legal effect; and that said deed may abide ■ said N. Bryan’s discretion in the…
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