Koelling v. Foster

The circuit court of Cook county sustained the demurrer of the defendants in error, devisees and heirs-at-law of Christian Koelling, to the bill filed against them by plaintiff.in error, Sophia -Koelling, widow of said Christian . Koelling, praying for the assignment of dower and homestead and the satisfaction of a widow’s award out of the real estate of her deceased husband, and dismissed the bill for want of equity. The plaintiff in error seeks a reversal of that decree.

The facts alleged in the bill, and which were admitted for the purposes of the demurrer to be true, are as follows : The…