Emerson v. Bemis
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. William Brown, Judge, presiding. This was a creditor’s bill, filed by Balph Emerson, against A. C. Bemis, and Orissa "V. Bemis, his wife, to subject certain real estate conveyed to Orissa V. Bemis, to the payment of a judgment against A. C. Bemis. The opinion of the court states the essential facts of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was a bill in chancery, to charge certain land in Winnebago county, standing in the name of Orissa V. Bemis, wife of A. C. Bemis, with the payment of a judgment for about three hundred dollars in favor of appellant, against A. C. Bemis, upon which execution had been issued, and returned nulla bona.
The original indebtedness, out of which the judgment arose, was evidenced by two promissory notes, dated July 8, 1857, made by A. C. Bemis and one Oliver Dufoe, upon which two several judgments were recovered, against the makers, before a justice of the peace of Winnebago county, on October 9…
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