Downing v. Mayes
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cass county; the Hon. Lyman Lacey, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was a petition for partition, brought by Caroline Mayes (who was formerly the widow of William R. Strickland) and the heirs of Strickland, for partition of the north-east quarter of the south-east quarter of section 31, and the north-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section 32, township 17, range 12, west, in Cass county. Jesse Mayes and Finis E. Downing were made defendants to the petition.
William R. Strickland died in March, 1870, and it is claimed that he owned the two tracts of land at the time of his death, and that the lands then descended to his widow and children. As to…
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