Illinois State Trust Co. v. Jones

The Illinois State Trust Company, administrator of the estate of John Pauli Jones, deceased, and Nelle Earthing Jones, widow of the decedent, plaintiffs in error, filed a bill in chancery in the circuit court of Crawford county against Charles E. Jones, Ramon Jones and others, defendants in error. Upon the hearing the court found the issues for the defendants and dismissed the bill for want of equity. The cause is here on writ of error prosecuted by complainants.

The bill sought to impress certain property with a trust and asked for partition and an accounting. It alleged that John Pauli Jones…