, 1879-02-14
THE COtJRTS.
4 Bill Flied To Obtain Title 10 Twenty
Acres Worth 100000.
serIou. Charges Of Foul Play on the Part
Of Prominent Real-Estato Men.
Tho Willis Drnmmsnd Claim 10 ths Lnke.front
Transferred 10 The Federal Caurls,
Now Suits, Bankruptcies, Divorces, Con.
fssaions, Judgments, Etc.


A bill Of formidable proportions was t!lcd ycs-
tcrlay ln The Circuit Court by Oliver and John
Antoine Denis, Lucy Scncscs,nl. Sarah Dottetc!u,
Josephine, Mary, Alexander, AMI Joseph Denis.
onA ;Iohn. Charlcs. William Edwnrd, and Sarah
achn,tt n rrrovcr twrn,y nrrca nj land near
sen. nt ~ pss,.' .,"s a,no ono A ,rna s A.
PENDANTS arc Ezra Il, NcCagg, George a.
Sortneer, Nlmrod Lancaster. Martha lancaster.
II. p. Yntth Henry Fu,tcr. Thomas Wallace,
1ono,han % MIR. sc.i aare. s,elia. Ellen. james,
mud Charles Thompson, john u. FalE'qnettc'
Clam Mitchell, ZnEiea Mcrefcr. Esnnia Vnlli-
oncttc, and tie South Park Commissioners.
'rhu conn1alnan,s sct out That In 1916 O]iyrr
DENIS, A,e1anuet Dens, H,a ~ aaa'us WILLY, 9snt.' ,.",
French Canadians md unable 10 speak English,
removed from Canada to Chicago. In 1917
Oliver Denis bought ot Francis q. Blanchard
t"ehI} -" nI1o, W. ~ oo"" -, ~S oa ~ - n ~
Tho .. VIA OF eec. 3i' III, +, 'ot INC NUN
Of 81 0oot pnyinr f4b0 cash, nttd agreeing to Fny
5000 May l, 4S4s, nnd $3.50 one year thereafter
wv s".a ns.I. ~, ,.,ato,r .,,,s ,,,.oss,o,,
1or esea' oep'o 's''auato'5 ,eoN oo.ae.sy" ,o.n
and held 1t until Lis death III fcn!nary' Aeao,
hut never paid either OF the deferred payments.
In Noycmbcr. 1851, blanchard, By qu,t.clalIn
,a.a a,,,,r.',o1 ~. ,,ronortv IA PAM
1ssu, n soAsss'" 40 nhrn, no..,n.
Cornell lof st'o' Aoous nsesa..
uG(y 4GJlf AVIhtN SV"sHANAe"" 10'S
In cl,aucery aga1ns. the administrative
ana as,ss .a, ~ ou. u.;ono, ] 1eu.o or,,rrnr % the
anu oota'heu s'no''!,''a. ",A. uss. s,t,'.. @
forcelosusc., After Tue entry oi this desfee'
but before the tinlo Of redemption! had exgifeu'
John B. vHlliquette, ss aae SierI a,,a ~ ot ,',n,
mon ropreseatGp tt ~ Fs scnenon mes s'';,r a.
McCa2g on the security oa ts,e ,'aa tnoTsgaaea '1
premises, atsl thus n!low hc! TO redeem nd
saye tic ptoperty YAH @pni4uctte e sgn ,Ss %sos @ ~
hcCaEg to $50 IL no conu e. te d.nns 'utsS' a ,n
amount with the Clerk of ttae -; Eaok COUNTY
Court Of Common licas' ~ ula 50 as Il Is
claimed, ma ~ money Vas paIa w, "Yct ~ wu,ne
VIZ aecep.ea ,rs ~ mu comfG os n, III ill.,
70 him ot his advances somc Hsaau a''ea ~.
McCaEg began TO claim llu lsaa ndueht ~ tne
prcnlfAes fnr himself, atia aau = ociiect 1A'c.
but oletsd .. natteT o. iIYr & 20 wv casn IN ~ v
they would each give him qust-rln''n devils Of
their interests. sl1 ot ~ heiis' .GfnlE nsn VI
these representations, received w *u aWs;ySe. Ws;y
Int iattar siso aIcses that Sir. Deuls Eavs life
1nlt-clasi, but eosn snp!ainah1 chae9es tIat e's ~
false and that II aleCaee 1as Wy susa oeso
purpnrtInE to oe from mgr II y instetY'
Tint they llnd becn, u theS Claim. dnpe;, lllsa
bill III lhe superior Goutt ntaMst MGShEE ~. ~
otlSrs to set aside iiie iraaseF y SoIhel' J., q
S1ccagg, at'd tlle aii-ca,n aesas, ana " ~, II
dacm from the f"reelosnro IT, salc. lhn ~!
was dismissed III the superior Court, "
the supreme GouIL f'sGk5ru ~
dccrrc, aud found that MrCaae. u
s =. 9' & ,a psn. @ eu pt IL
hitter were cntltl led to tue rci'et askcd; anu Una
Atct;aEg should bG compelled % feeohsoy or %
tho Vntue Of the properly. Luz lfclIs npa tn
llave any 1ntc!tascnce oi thts ueesSe u"ti aatu
ary. 1sA. when, % tsy Slai'l', thvir nttorne! ii
| D, c, Wilder, fraudulenfly fepfesehtcd u tt1eh