Stow v. Steel
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. Harriet Steel, the defendant in error, filed her petition in the Circuit Court of Cook county, against George I. Stow, the plaintiff in error, for the assignment of dower. The defendant answered the petition, and a replication was filed.
Read the full summary
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. Harriet Steel, the defendant in error, filed her petition in the Circuit Court of Cook county, against George I. Stow, the plaintiff in error, for the assignment of dower. The defendant answered the petition, and a replication was filed. Hpon the hearing, the court adjudged that the petitioner was entitled to dower, and entered a decree accordingly, and appointed commissioners to assign the same. The commissioners filed their report, to which exceptions were taken and overruled by the court, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This was a petition for the assignment of dower, filed by Harriet Steel, in the Cook Circuit Court, against George I. Stow. It appears, that Leon Bourissa, on the 17th day of September, 1830, purchased the lot in which petitioner claims dower, from the commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan canal, and received a certificate of purchase; but a patent was not issued to him. He subsequently conveyed the lot to Joseph LaFramboise, in the year 1834, and the latter, on the 29th of June, 1837, conveyed it to Ashbell Steel, who was then the husband of petitioner; that he died in 1861, leaving…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bonner v. PetersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Nicoll v. OgdenIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
3Cited by6 opinions
- McLeod v. SnyderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- Holman v. GillIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Stowe v. SteeleIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Steele v. MagieIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
- Lincoln v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.