Pigg v. Carroll
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a bill for partition, filed by Delilah A. Pigg, Thomas J. Pigg, Samuel Pigg and William Pigg, against Josephine Carroll, Elizabeth Carroll, Mary L. Chance, Elizabeth Rogers and Telitha C. Layson.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a bill for partition, filed by Delilah A. Pigg, Thomas J. Pigg, Samuel Pigg and William Pigg, against Josephine Carroll, Elizabeth Carroll, Mary L. Chance, Elizabeth Rogers and Telitha C. Layson. One of the appellants, Thomas J. Pigg, claimed two shares of the real estate, one as one of the heirs at law of Thomas H. Pigg, deceased, and another as the purchaser of the interest of Sarah J. Bruff, one of the children of said Thomas H. Pigg. Each of the other appellants claimed one share, and it was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This proceeding was to divide the real estate of which Thomas H. Pigg died seized, among his several heirs, and for other relief in connection with the distribution of his estate. Advancements had.' been made by the intestate, in real estate to his sons and personalty to his daughters, and the matters in dispute relate to the value of such advancements. On the hearing the husbands of two of the heirs were permitted to testify on their behalf, but we do not understand they were incompetent witnesses under the statute that defines the competency of witnesses in civil cases. The property…
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