Dinsmoor v. Rowse
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. Frank D. Bamsay, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery by appellee, against appellant, in the court below, to remove a sheriff’s deed to appellant as a cloud upon complainant’s title to lots 5 and 6, block' 83, in Wallace’s addition to Sterling, which he claimed by virtue of a conveyance from Maria A. Lane.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. Frank D. Bamsay, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery by appellee, against appellant, in the court below, to remove a sheriff’s deed to appellant as a cloud upon complainant’s title to lots 5 and 6, block' 83, in Wallace’s addition to Sterling, which he claimed by virtue of a conveyance from Maria A. Lane. It is alleged in the bill that on April 17, 1889, Jonathan D. Lane was the owner of said lots, occupying them, with his wife, Maria A., a§ a homestead; that on July 14, 1894, he executed and delivered to his said wife a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The lots described in the original bill are, and were at the time of the conveyance by Jonathan D. Lane to his wife, of the value of about §4000. The homestead has never been assigned. It is agreed that that conveyance was void as to the homestead of the value of §1000 but was valid as to the excess. The homestead to the extent in value of $1000 remained in the grantor, Jonathan D. Lane, until his death, which occurred May 18, 1897, and then passed to his wife under section 2 of the statute in regard to homesteads. She took a life estate for the purposes of a homestead for herself and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brokaw v. OgleIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Anderson v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
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