, 1875-07-16
Important Decision ms to tho
Right 10 Convey Property
Diring Suit.
Furnishing a Sheriff for Contempt in
Selling Land in Recoiv.
er's Hands.
Tho Harper Cases INT Orcr Indefinitely
.-.County and Criminal Court
Business.
IN CHICAGO.
3.nfE, w, LAND.

1uf1rh NiI1lafns In Tin rash ,f r. n,tkafc1low
N. MARY A, II, Ecvcom,,. which w.a i. aui. Of
ratlcr an ,norestjne e,,ar.ctcr II ,nncarr tt,at
in rcLrnarv 1sGa 1ncko fcl,ov's drut villa icb-
md h. .,r,y f,t1,,x,o III, ,,r,ot vac .o IA a..
"'.' - 'J t0.'o"s i"o e'o' -. "s0 =" 80
buaHca that no beGah 'hi'Ki'g OF ahoiho1
| sronHo. lila eYo foil TN tho defendant, WHO nas
hs ratcr-ia-,ar. nnd a busnces. tko voting 1sdy,
and teacher In Knox colere, It war rs,hor
-. " e" -, ,.,., '
amy ana neee'npet aaalr' flso ~ oc'ns thon on1s
ABOUT ~ or 20 "li'e no MAS ~ Hat love "na
| blind, and he probably thought tho marriage
Would bo lets Of lottery w1rn i,o lad Botno
,1,,n ~ r., -, t,,ro,,a1, hnvt,,. lam, .t1en,tr
| s,o.o,as ~ ~ ~ ,,,a astna f.,'i,, H.. ",as,
mefooee oi 'no ha'"o ta''i!. 1'ls court
| shIp. however, does not scom to haro
| hccn very nr1ont. for ha testified tint
In ,a1 on1s, xIs,,ot lin fntnro wifo four n, nrc
nm.a j., ,,,,r ,,on,,,. roua;h,v M,1r ,'..,
,n.,,.,n. IT, :, 1x,,,' n IN, h.. io,'ar. ,,ssa
ro'nesh1ng 10 10 win IT, lot hef le,'efe have
much more Of business than tho tendor passion
in tcu. Boon ufter tue complainant showed
nis l,au1. as it yoro, by protesting attachment
.of sne .a1. e"n'ua '.oa sns "u"A,' ' maa''
| to prealnae on har power, and eoaseu httn to
trade sotne lows land Owned br her and 4er
eister Emily for al aero autl half of land In
| t,r,io 1fnrk nc.tto f,,,ov ,1rctrnd at ars, t,,
u,rv ro,,,o3 ,n1 ,,re..n,oS th,t ,o ,,hI,,.t a..s
"tA's F'"'eu' a'o fi9ae''uoo 'u"A ~ u'o" ea'e
anything Tor her. liio ,lhl'al result folloNedt
tint The old mau cascd, AID Transferred tho
r.
i.e,1 rns rot v,rth n,,rv m ,uvc,, a, In 1f.,n
,""1 '' ""s os ,'', "."l. "' n - AAo -
iash pFopostN o"' tho' the 'sahs1ef "as male
entirely at her earnest request, hnh under
pfoMiRe oi marriage from ller, and tint eho
prumiBed him not to lhse tic decd rccordet.
aud Tint, when thcy wcro married, she won!d
rsturn y TO him; Tho decd Was executed Sept.
H.. l8Cs, Mud conveyed nbont an acre
atH1 lInlf, lhe best port Of hu 8-acfo lot io
Hyde Fars; Boon after the transfer, hl.s
Mary'a Affection rs'bly cnoie' aud In north
or lwo sho refused pont. blank to ,,masry him.
ants mother. Who seem. to ,ako her daughters
ntfairs into heF h'Hil hn'tH, eoerotlT sent tho
deed hero an1 had It rccotded. In ,ain1ci,
la69 therefore, linchntr'lo", wiio nav htIself
cheated out OF both wifo nisd land, filed bill to
rel asldc this deed, ali THO ground OF failure
Of considetntion. Ths hill wns disian4eJ, ai>-
peal thkeu, aud tho Supreme Court, III very
onfphattc hiahlltr, aud W'th soma sofolls nn1a'!-
ver4lolis osof tho "auasi real catate deai
Emily 7. Newcunb fovcrsed tho decroo and Of
dotted the lapd to be recnnsoyed a dccroo was
accordiug!,y on.ere1 to That effect, bn: on tho
ssnSeysi h. srs 'aad 70 G. s e a Ia .s sss 81
the deed being March y. 1see: one day 9,eioFc
thn l,ill na4 originally hled. Another auit was
tlcu begun to set aHido thss conveyance. clatt1-
ing tlsat the sale TO Grant, aud b. iism to one
sautiors' wcfo made pendento ute, Win notice
Of the snt. 1t wns shown that the blanl
decd used was form ct cul,er, Page It
iloync not printed until 1870 bnt thia rTas e.
| pIAlaFus " AtseluFtGA ~ W IaplAliGa ~ tHe
assottDu that Iltt-clhiln had 1l!4t Hcen gisnn.
which hhd subsequently been changed nud ii
warranty deeu Substituted.
| no eAHe Waa ttleu hume months ago, aud
judge M,atlntlas yesterday rcn'iercd n .cree III
favor Of ltorhafc|!o". The judge said tint H.
though there nero ebgeral poH Of law Involved
s should onlr outsider onc. that is ~ to whether
tlle case wns pcnllug go as to be notice to Grant
Of tile ctaili,s Of tho complainant. Tho bill wnh
tiled ut IL o'tlocl, whlp tho decd Has not
Recorded until O'clock OF tho ,san1o
dny. Altll9ugh by tle com common Law blll waa II,
hot doemed to be binding until acrvic9 on tho
defendant, yet tho Amorlean authorities rule
dferontly. and the htatute OF this Etate was
peculiar. Under it tlio B1lt wns 10 pe considered
Al binding fronl the time tho biil "as fllqd n tho
county Shero,1; the reai estaso inTored wss
situatod. tho obJect being that tho decieion OF
the courts hhonih DO maaa ef1ectiya on tho par
ties lttiganta, anu not bo defeated by collusion
Or fraud. The present caao, tho judge eal],
alter seterrina to various aecalo'ls ot tl,e ~
prsme Court On tic point. WaA Que wherein tho
statute Maa particularly, sppror'ta,c: ilo
original bill Ind beun filed In 1861. aud tho tIti-
CATION had Icon kolne on ever
sInuo, To permit oFant Of SANDER. st.
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