Thomas v. City of Chicago

On the twenty-first day of September, 1847, Thomas and Dennis Mullin, settlers on twenty acres of canal land in Cook county, executed a quit claim deed to Jesse B. Thomas of all their interest in said land, and their so-called pre-emption right to it, and, at the same time, entered into a written agreement to lend their aid in obtaining a pre-emption right; the consideration expressed was $576, the deed stating that it was of the separate money of Adeline C. Thomas, wife of the said Jesse B., and that the conveyance was in trust for her. This, together with other land, was subdivided by the…