SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS. APRIL TERM, A.D., 1861. JOHN DEERE, VS. JAMES CHAPMAN. ARGUMENT FOR DEFENDANT IN ERROR.
[Springfield? 1861]. Caption title, as issued. Disbound. 8pp. Front wrapper remnant, else Very Good. This case, involving the famous agricultural equipment inventor and manufacturer, became an important precedent involving the Homestead Exemption, i.e., the statutory prohibition on taking a debtor's home in payment of a debt. The Illinois Supreme Court's..... More