The seperate answer of the said defendant David W. Vrowman [Vrooman] to the complainants’ bill filed herein.
And the said defendant saving and reserving to himself all and all manner of exceptions to the many uncertainties, informalities and insufficiencies in the complainants’ bill for answer thereto or to so much thereof as he is advised it necessary for him to answer, says:
That he is the owner in fact of the fee simple title of the South fourteen feet wide of the North fifty seven feet wide, of the North East one fourth of lot no. one in Block no. one hundred and thirty nine in Illinois according to the plat of said in the said Complainants bill mentioned
Respondant admits that said premises herein described are situated on the South East quarter of section two township No. six North of Range No Nine West as in said bill mentioned, but denies positively that the said Joseph Smith deceased, at the time of his death owned or had any interest in the same or any part thereof.
Respondant further denies that said Smith ever had any interest either in law or equity to the said lot or that he ever paid any part of the purchase money therefor,
Respondant admits that the conveyed said quarter section of land to as in said bill mentioned, that said contracted with one to sell the same to said and made his bond to said , that said assigned said bond to said Joseph Smith deceased and that [p. 593]