Reeve v. Strawn
Illinois Supreme Court
The bill alleges, that the complainants being zrzuch embarrassed in their circumstances, by a decree of the circuit court of Morgan county, October, 1844, izi two cases consolidated on the 17th of February, 1845, the master in chancery sold their lands, incumbered, to Strawn; that the bill in this case was filed to redeem about 187 acres sold, for $862.48, (the precise amount of incumbrances on the same,) or at an average of $4.59 per acre; that H. Reeve, before day of sale,…
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The bill alleges, that the complainants being zrzuch embarrassed in their circumstances, by a decree of the circuit court of Morgan county, October, 1844, izi two cases consolidated on the 17th of February, 1845, the master in chancery sold their lands, incumbered, to Strawn; that the bill in this case was filed to redeem about 187 acres sold, for $862.48, (the precise amount of incumbrances on the same,) or at an average of $4.59 per acre; that H. Reeve, before day of sale, applied to Strawn for loan of money, to relieve the embarrassments of complainants; that, by arrangement, Strawn was to…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, J.
At the time Strawn purchased the premises in controversy, there is little doubt that some sort of agreement existed between him and Hurham Reeve, by which the latter should be allowed to pay to the former the amount of the purchase-money and interest, and entitle himself to a conveyance of the land. Reeve insists, that Strawn agreed to loan him the funds necessary to purchase in the land, and to take a deed to himself, by way of mortgage, to secure its repayment, and that the money paid by Strawn for the land was the money thus loaned. The defendant insists, that there was no such loan…
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