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Bill for Injunction in Ryder v. Stringer et al, [Law papers].

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Bill for Injunction in Ryder v. Stringer et al, [Law papers].

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Summary: Daniel Stringer owed Ryder $300. Stringer asked Mitchell to secure his debt to Ryder by giving Ryder a bond for one lot in Springfield, Illinois. Once Stringer paid Mitchell $475, Mitchell would convey the lot to Ryder. Once Stringer paid Ryder $300, Ryder would reconvey the lot to Stringer. Ryder claimed that Stringer paid Mitchell $475, but Mitchell died before conveying the lot to Ryder. Ryder retained Stuart and Lincoln and sued Stringer and Mitchell's heirs in a chancery action to obtain a deed to the land. Stringer defaulted, and the court ordered him to pay $300 to Campbell, the master in chancery, for Ryder. The court also gave Stringer an opportunity to answer the charges. Stringer failed to answer, and the court ruled that Stringer owed Stuart, the administrator of Mitchell's estate, $716.45, and owed Ryder $479.25. The court ordered Campbell to sell the lot to pay the debts. Winfield Stringer and Morgianna Stringer, Daniel Stringer's minor children, sued Ryder, Campbell, Stuart, and Mitchell's heirs for an injunction to stop the sale. Winfield Stringer and Morgianna Stringer claimed that their father bought the lot for them, but that inexplicably, he had the title to the lot made out to Mitchell. The court ruled for Winfield Stringer and Morgianna Stringer and made the injunction perpetual against Stuart and Mitchell's heirs only. Campbell sold the lot to Ryder for $300.

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01/01/1844
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Lincoln, Abraham (Author)
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