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Manuscript/Mixed Material Bill of Complaint in Chatterton v. Hickox et al, [Law papers].

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Title

  • Bill of Complaint in Chatterton v. Hickox et al, [Law papers].

Names

  • Lincoln, Abraham (Author)
  • Herndon, William Henry (Author)

Created / Published

  • Sangamon County, Illinois, August 6, 1859

Headings

  • -  Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
  • -  Lincoln's law practice
  • -  Herndon, William H. (1818-1840)
  • -  Allsup, Thomas (Lincoln's law practice)
  • -  Wright, P. (Lincoln's law practice)
  • -  Challerton, George M. (Lincoln's law practice)
  • -  Hickox, Virgil (Lincoln's law practice)
  • -  Hickox, Horace (Lincoln's law practice)
  • -  Stuart, William T. (Lincoln's law practice)
  • -  Manuscripts
  • -  Legal case and case notes
  • -  United States -- Illinois -- Sangamon -- Springfield
  • -  United States -- Illinois -- Logan
  • -  United States -- Missouri -- St Louis

Genre

  • Manuscripts
  • Legal case and case notes

Notes

  • -  Summary: Alsop gave Stuart two promissory notes totaling $360.38 and secured the notes with a mortgage on two lots in Springfield, Illinois. Stuart and Edwards won a judgment for the St. Louis firm of Henry and Valle against Alsop and Horace Hickox. During the settlement of that judgment, Stuart mistakenly entered in the Recorder's Office record that the deed of trust held as security on the Alsop notes had been satisfied. The correct deed did not involve the Alsop transaction. In the meantime, Stuart sold the Alsop notes and mortgage to Chatterton. Also, Virgil Hickox purchased the judgment against Alsop and Horace Hickox and had the court sell the mortgaged lots to satisfy that judgment. Chatterton retained Lincoln and Herndon and sued Virgil Hickox, Horace Hickox, and Alsop to have the court correct the Stuart error in the Recorder's Office, void the Hickox sale of the mortgaged lots, and clear the title on the lots so that Chatterton might sell them if Alsop failed to pay the notes. The defendants defaulted, and the court ordered the master in chancery to execute the decree. The master in chancery corrected the recording error, voided the Hickox sale, and sold the two lots at public auction to Chatterton for $429.41 after Alsop failed to pay the balance of $342.14 on the notes.

Medium

  • 32 x 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Law Papers; Portfolio 3, no. 52

Source Collection

  • The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana

Repository

  • Rare Book And Special Collections Division

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Chicago citation style:

Lincoln, Abraham, and William Henry Herndon. Bill of Complaint in Chatterton v. Hickox et al, Law papers. Sangamon County, Illinois, August 6, 1859. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm001498/.

APA citation style:

Lincoln, A. & Herndon, W. H. (1859) Bill of Complaint in Chatterton v. Hickox et al, Law papers. Sangamon County, Illinois, August 6. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm001498/.

MLA citation style:

Lincoln, Abraham, and William Henry Herndon. Bill of Complaint in Chatterton v. Hickox et al, Law papers. Sangamon County, Illinois, August 6, 1859. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/scsm001498/>.