Gannon v. Moles
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed on January 4, 1902, in the circuit court of Kane county by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error for the redemption of a farm of two hundred and twenty acres in that county.
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Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed on January 4, 1902, in the circuit court of Kane county by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error for the redemption of a farm of two hundred and twenty acres in that county. The defendant in error, Haish, one of the defendants below, filed no answer, and the bill was taken as confessed against him. The defendant in error, Moles, the other defendant below, filed an answer, denying…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The question, presented by the record, is largely a question of fact; and that question of fact is, whether, under the circumstances shown by the evidence, the farm, formerly owned by the plaintiff in error, was purchased by the defendant in error, Moles, or whether he held the title thereto as mortgagee merely, subject to redemption by plaintiff in error.
The material facts are substantially as follows: On and before October 14, 1893, plaintiff in error was indebted in the sum of about $5830.68 to the defendant in error, Jacob Haish, of DeKalb county, and, in order to secure such…
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