Andrews v. Floyd

Ellen Louisa Hale Andrews filed her bill for the partition of 160 acres of land in Peoria county. The bill alleged complainant was the owner of the undivided one-half of the land, and that defendants, Samuel M. Floyd, John B. Floyd, Mary Ellen Floyd and Jane Floyd, surviving children of Arietta Steely Floyd, and Emma Floyd Mc-Cance, a child of Henry S. Floyd, deceased son of Arietta, owned the other undivided one-half. The bill also asked an accounting for the rents and profits.

The land sought to be partitioned originally belonged to Henry Steely, who resided in Pennsylvania at the time of…