McArtee v. Engart
Illinois Supreme Court
The facts of this case are fully set out in the opinion of the Court. The decree was rendered by Davis, Judge, in the Sangamon Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
In August, 1849, Engart brought a suit in chancery against McArtee. The bill alleged that the complainant, being the owner of ninety acres of land, conveyed the same to the defendant, on the 22d of November, 1847, for the expressed consideration of $350, but really for $200 in money, and a horse, saddle, and bridle, not worth $100, and that the land was then in fact worth $1,000; that for a long time previous to the conveyance, the complainant had been in the habit of the immoderate use of spirituous liquors, and, when intoxicated, was wholly incapable of the rational management of his…
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