Corwin v. Shoup
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. David Davis, Judge, presiding. This was a petition for partition, filed by Henry Shoup against Mary Shoup, Sarah Shoup, Ann Shoup, Samuel Shoup, Emma Shoup, Josephine Shoup, Polly Shoup, and Samuel Shoup, Sr. The proceeding was commenced in 1856, and a decree of sale was had, under which the lands described in the petition were sold.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. David Davis, Judge, presiding. This was a petition for partition, filed by Henry Shoup against Mary Shoup, Sarah Shoup, Ann Shoup, Samuel Shoup, Emma Shoup, Josephine Shoup, Polly Shoup, and Samuel Shoup, Sr. The proceeding was commenced in 1856, and a decree of sale was had, under which the lands described in the petition were sold. This writ of error was prosecuted by Ann Corwin (formerly Shoup), Samuel Shoup and Emma Shoup, who were minors at the rendition of the decree and sale in partition. The other facts bearing upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was originally a petition for partition, filed by defendant in error, in the Sangamon circuit court, against plaintiffs in error, for the division of several tracts of land and for the assignment of dower to the widow of the ancestor of plaintiffs in error. Process was sent to Christian county, and service had. An appearance was entered by an attorney for the defendants, who were minors, who acted under power of attorney from their guardian. A hearing was had, and a partition was decreed, and in the same decree it is recited that a guardian ad litem was appointed for the minor heirs, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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