Gladville v. McDole

John McDole, brother of Phebe Jester, deceased, and one of her heirs-at-law, filed his bill in the circuit court of Moultrie county against her nephews, nieces and grandchildren for the partition of a tract of land containing thirty-nine acres, of which she held the legal title at the time of her death. Eva Gladville, one of the nieces, 'filed her bill in the same court against the other parties for the specific performance of an alleged verbal agreement with John P. Jester, deceased, when he held the legal title to the land, to which agreement Phebe Jester was also a party, by which said Eva…