Hunter v. Dennis

Citations

• 112 Ill. 568

Syllabus

<p>1. Trust—widow of mortgagor—paying the debt and receiving the . legal title—bill to redeem by the heirs.. Where a party conveys land as a security for a loan, and after his death his widow pays the debt and takes a deed for the land to herself, she will' hold the title as a trustee for the heirs of her husband, and they may maintain a bill tó redeem, and for an account.</p> <p>' 2. Limitations—whether possession is adverse. The owner of land conveyed the same to secure a loan of money, and after his death his widow-paid the debt and took a conveyance to herself, and inventoried the land as that of her husband, and she and the only heir occupied the same as a homestead, she having a dower and homestead'right in the premises. It was held, that the widow’s possession was not adverse as against the heir, and that laches is not imputable in such a case.</p>