Wenner v. Thornton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county. This cause was before this court at the.September term, 1878, when the decree which had been rendered by the circuit court of LaSalle county was reversed as to the defendant in error, William Wenner, and the cause remanded. In all other respects the decree of the circuit court was affirmed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county. This cause was before this court at the.September term, 1878, when the decree which had been rendered by the circuit court of LaSalle county was reversed as to the defendant in error, William Wenner, and the cause remanded. In all other respects the decree of the circuit court was affirmed. The case is that of Thornton et al. v. Houtze et al. reported in 91 Ill. 200, where will be found a full statement of the questions then presented by the pleadings. The pleadings and record being voluminous, and all the questions in the case having been, by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
It is strenuously insisted, on the part of appellees, that the sale of this land by Houtze to Wenner, under the decree of the county court of LaSalle county, was not one in good faith; that Wenner did not pay the purchase money, and was but a merely nominal purchaser.
Upon a careful examination of the testimony, while we find that it discloses suspicious circumstances, we can not say that it does not authorize the finding of the jury that Wenner purchased, in good faith, for himself, and paid the purchase money. This finding was in accordance with other repeated findings in the case in the…
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