Tope v. Tope

The plaintiffs (appellees here) in November, 1930, filed a bill for partition in the circuit court of Cook county, and because of various amendments of the bill and answers the case was not at issue until 1936. During the course of the proceedings the controversy centered upon the right of the plaintiffs to have a decree reforming the description of certain real estate conveyed by the ancestors of the plaintiffs. A clear understanding of the facts simplifies the decision of the matter involved. It is not necessary to recite, at length, the long and complicated descriptions contained in the…