Greig v. Russell

This was a hill to redeem from an alleged mortgage upon a lot of land in the city of Chicago. The court below sustained a demurrer to the bill for want of equity, and dismissed the same, and the complainant appealed.

The material facts alleged in the bill are, that in the year 1847 one William H. Stow was in the possession of lot No. 9, block 28, old town of Chicago, claiming equitable rights and interests therein; that he lawfully entered upon the lot when wild land, and built large and extensive improvements upon it; that at the same time one Samuel Russell, then of Middletown, in the State…