Miller v. Craig
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery, instituted in the court below by James S. Craig, against William Gr. Miller, to set aside a deed executed by the complainant to the defendant, upon the grounds of alleged misrepresentations by the grantee, and mental incapacity on the part of the grantor. A. decree was entered, rescinding the contract, from which the defendant took this appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
The scope and object of the bill filed in this cause, was to set aside a deed conveying certain real estate, on the ground of misrepresentation by the grantee and the mental incapacity of the grantor.
We have .looked with the greatest care through the testimony in this record on these points, and have not been able to discover any fraud or imposition whatever practiced upon the complainant. Nor will the evidence justify the conclusion that the complainant was too ignorant or too weak in his understanding to make valid contracts. On the contrary, the proof is full that he was a hale, hearty…
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