Stone v. Duvall
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Monroe county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by Washington Duvall and Mary Duvall, his wife, against George Stone, Julia Stone, Pearly Stone and Bissell Davis, heirs at law of Mary Stone, deceased, and William Stone, husband of Mary Stone, to set aside a deed made by the complainants to said Mary Stone. The material facts of the case are set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The evidence shows that defendants in error had each been previously married, Washington having a daughter by that former marriage, who was married to William Stone; Mary Jr had a son by her previous marriage, named Allen Aguew. Tliev each owned a small amount of real estate when married, and discord afterwards having arisen between them, it was agreed that they should respectively relinquish or convey their claim to each other’s property, so that the survivor would have no interest in the real estate of the other—to cut off the claim of dower by the wife in the property of the husband, and…
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