156 N.E. 280 | Ill. | 1927
The appellee, Millard F. Dunlap, filed a bill in the circuit court of Morgan county against James M. Myers, William A. Tarzwell and the heirs of Rose E. Myers, praying for a decree foreclosing a mortgage, reforming it so as to include the south half of lots 42 and 43 in Murrayville in addition to the lands described in the mortgage, and declaring that Tarzwell held the title to the two half-lots as trustee for Myers and in fraud of Myers' creditors. Answers were filed, issues joined, the cause was heard and a *399 decree was rendered granting the relief prayed for, holding that Tarzwell held title to the south half of lots 42 and 43 as trustee for Myers and solely as security for the re-payment of money advanced to Myers, ordering that the complainant pay to Tarzwell the sum of $2260.08, that the mortgage be reformed to include the south half of lots 42 and 43, that Myers pay the complainant $14,131.24, and in default of such payment that the premises be sold. The defendants appealed to this court.
The appeal should have been to the Appellate Court. The sole object of the suit is to have the indebtedness of Myers declared a lien on the land. A bill to foreclose a mortgage does not involve a freehold. A bill to set aside a conveyance as in fraud of creditors for the purpose of subjecting the lands to a lien for the payment of money does not involve a freehold. (Clark v. Ball-Bearing Manf. Co.
The cause will be transferred to the Appellate Court for the Third District.
Cause transferred. *400