Ward v. Owens
Illinois Supreme Court
All that is necessary for an understanding of this case, is set out in the opinion of the Court. The decree was ordered by Harlan, Judge, at the October term, 1850, of the Cumberland Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
This was a bill in chancery to set aside a conveyance. The answer denied the allegations of the bill, and the cause was at issue by the filing of a replication. A decree was entered for the complainant, which the defendant assigns for error. The record fails to show, that any evidence was given to sustain the averments in the bill. The statute authorizing testimony to be introduced orally at the hearing, was only designed to change the mode of taking proof in chancery cases, and does not dispense with the necessity of incorporating it into the record. The evidence, or the facts proved by it,…
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