Seaman v. Poorman

Appellees filed a bill for the partition of certain real estate .in Coles county, Illinois, on June 11, 1931, directed to the October term 1931, of the circuit court of said county. On June 27, 1931, the appellant, Nell Shrontz, a sister of appellees, and one of the defendants to the original bill, filed a plea setting forth a contract which was entered into between the then owners of about 360 acres of land, all of whom were brothers and sisters, on the 11th day of June, 1926. The plea averred that because of the terms of said contract the bill involved in this case was filed prematurely.…