Swannell v. Wilson

This is a bill to set aside a deed from Dr. E. G. Wilson to Mary P. Wilson, defendant-appellant, brought by Ilah D. Swannell, plaintiff-appellee. From a decree for the plaintiff by the circuit court of Kankakee County, defendant appeals.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. Plaintiff and Ernest G. Wilson were husband and wife, and during the period they were married they purchased, on December 20, 1919, a parcel of real estate located in Kankakee County, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common. They used this property as a home. On April 28, 1934, Dr. Wilson and plaintiff entered…