Carpenter v. Carpenter

This was a bill in chancery, filed by James S. Carpenter against Elisha Carpenter, Pallis Carpenter and John L. Meier, in the circuit court of Grundy county, on the 2d day of November, 1870.

The bill states that, in May, 1849, complainant entered a certain tract of land, in Grundy county, containing 240 acres, and received a patent therefor; that, on the 1st of March, 1852, complainant borrowed, of one Orson Felt, $250, and agreed to pay interest on the same at the rate of 25 per cent per annum, and, to secure the payment of the loan, he executed and delivered a deed of the land to Felt; that,…