Strain v. Hinds

Appellants, Harriet J. Strain and Elizabeth S. Richards, filed this bill in the circuit court of Vermilion county against appellees, Evan A. Hinds and Harvey Hinds, seeking the partition of eighty acres of land described and situate in said county and claiming to be the owners in fee of said land subject to the estate of Evan A. Hinds, who, it was alleged, had an estate in said lands for the life of Mary M. Brown. Harvey Hinds was the tenant in possession of the premises in controversy. Evan A. Hinds (who will hereafter be referred to as appellee) answered the bill, denying appellants were…