Holton v. Bunker
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McHenry county; the Hon. Charles E. Fuller, Judge, presiding. This is a suit in chancery commenced in the circuit court of McHenry county to set aside as a cloud upon their title to certain real estate located in said county, two quit-claim deeds purporting to be made by the appellants to William Ryan, a deed from William Ryan to Fred J. Bunker, and a trust deed from Fred J. Bunker to J. S. Rogers, given to secure the payment of two…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of McHenry county; the Hon. Charles E. Fuller, Judge, presiding. This is a suit in chancery commenced in the circuit court of McHenry county to set aside as a cloud upon their title to certain real estate located in said county, two quit-claim deeds purporting to be made by the appellants to William Ryan, a deed from William Ryan to Fred J. Bunker, and a trust deed from Fred J. Bunker to J. S. Rogers, given to secure the payment of two promissory notes aggregating the sum of $3900, signed by Fred J. Bunker. The cause was referred to the master, who filed a report…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The contention of appellants is that the quit-claim deeds from Mary Ryan and Mary Holton to William Ryan were forged by William Ryan, and that they are null and void. Mary Ryan, Mary Holton and William Holton, the husband of Mary Holton, all testified that they never signed or acknowledged said quit-claim deeds or authorized William Ryan to sign them on their behalf. Charles A. Surine, the notary public before whom they each purport to have been acknowledged, testified that he had-no recollection -of taking the acknowledgment thereto of Mrs. Ryan or Mrs. Holton and her husband, and N. S.…
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