Brown v. Brown
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Johnson county; the Hon. A. K. Vickers, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity brought by Wilson Brown, Sr., to cancel and set aside as void and a cloud upon complainant’s title the record of a deed executed on November 23, 1891, by Wilson Brown, Sr., and his wife, Neacy J. Brown, to Wilson Brown, Jr., purporting to convey the south-west quarter of the north-west quarter of section 7, township 13, range 2, east of the third principal…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Johnson county; the Hon. A. K. Vickers, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity brought by Wilson Brown, Sr., to cancel and set aside as void and a cloud upon complainant’s title the record of a deed executed on November 23, 1891, by Wilson Brown, Sr., and his wife, Neacy J. Brown, to Wilson Brown, Jr., purporting to convey the south-west quarter of the north-west quarter of section 7, township 13, range 2, east of the third principal meridian, containing sixty-four acres, situated in Johnson county, Illinois, which deed was recorded in the recorder’s…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
On the hearing the complainant put in evidence a note and an agreement in writing, as follows:
“Two years after date I promise to pay Wilson Brown, Sr., $1000 for value received of him. This note is given in part payment for south-west quarter of north-west quarter section seven (7), township (13) thirteen, range No. (2) two, east, Johnson county, Illinois, and containing sixty-four acres, more or less.
“Dated this the first day of August, 1892.
Wilson Brown, Jb.”.“This agreement, made this first day of August, 1892, between Wilson Brown, Sr., and Wilson Brown, Jr., of county of Johnson and…
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