Forcum v. Brown
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Hamilton county; the Hon. J. R. Creighton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity filed by Arthur P. Forcum, plaintiff in error, in the circuit court of Hamilton county, at the February term, 1910, to cancel and set aside certain deeds purporting to convey 140 acres of land situated in said Hamilton county, Illinois, of which the complainant claimed to be the owner.
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Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Hamilton county; the Hon. J. R. Creighton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity filed by Arthur P. Forcum, plaintiff in error, in the circuit court of Hamilton county, at the February term, 1910, to cancel and set aside certain deeds purporting to convey 140 acres of land situated in said Hamilton county, Illinois, of which the complainant claimed to be the owner. The substance of the charges' in the bill is, that the complainant owned the 140 acres of land in Hamilton county, and in February, 1909, Chase Schaff and Edward Rimmerman, real estate…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
The evidence shows that the 160 acres of land in Hughes county was allotted, to Elwood Brown, a one-eighth Creek Indian boy still lacking several years of his majority, 'By the Dawes Commission, and that he has never attempted' to convey it and had no knowledge of the purported Elwood Brown who conveyed to plaintiff in error, or the conveyance made by him, until after it was made, and he then filed a bill, by his father as next friend, to set aside the conve)rance.
Plaintiff in error contends that the proof shows there was no such person as the Elwood Brown who made the deed that was delivered…
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