Pittman v. Sofley
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson county; the Hon. James M. Pollock, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery, brought by Sofley, to set aside two deeds to a certain tract of land, one made by the complainant July 13,1863, to Cordelia Teters, and the other made in September, 1868, by said Cordelia Teters, then Cordelia Ostrander, and her husband, John E. Ostrander, to Harrison Pittman. The court decreed according to the prayer of the bill. Pittman appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thojrnton
On the 13th of July, 1863, the complainant was sick, and, in anticipation of death, executed his will and certain deeds, and made a disposition of his estate by bequeathing a portion to his wife and the remainder to his adopted children. At that time a deed to the land in controversy was made to Cordelia Teters, who had lived with the complainant from her infancy until in 1867, when she married one Ostrander.
The deed was recorded on the 27th of July, 1863, but it may reasonably be inferred that the recording was in violation of the instructions given by the grantor. He, however, had knowledge…
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