Hockett v. Bailey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Iroquois County; the Hon. N. J. Pillsbury, Judge, presiding. This was a bill of interpleader filed by Youngman against ■Josiah Bailey, Julia E. Hockett, and Pleasant Hockett, her husband, setting forth that he had bought a piece of land without knowing that her husband had any claim or interest in the same, and owed $700 on the same.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Iroquois County; the Hon. N. J. Pillsbury, Judge, presiding. This was a bill of interpleader filed by Youngman against ■Josiah Bailey, Julia E. Hockett, and Pleasant Hockett, her husband, setting forth that he had bought a piece of land without knowing that her husband had any claim or interest in the same, and owed $700 on the same. He paid the balance of the purchase money into court in order that it might be determined who was entitled to the same. Bailey •claimed that Pleasant Hockett was the real owner of the land and money, and claimed it as a creditor…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
It is true, the tract of land conveyed to Youngman,. for which the money involved in this litigation is due and. owing, was, at the time of the conveyance to Youngman, in the name of appellant Julia E. Hockett, but she, as appears, acquired the title from Antrim, October 4, 1871, who sold the land to Pleasant Hockett, and the consideration for the conveyance to her was a deed of a certain tract of land owned by Pleasant Hockett, which he conveyed to An-trim. If Pleasant Hockett, the husband, at the time he-procured this land to be conveyed to his wife, had been free-from debt, or if he had…
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