Murphy v. Murphy

The' writ of error in this case was sued out to bring before us the record of a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Third District affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Vermilion county in favor of defendants in error and against plaintiff in error.

The suit in which the judgment was rendered in the circuit court was in assumpsit, and was commenced by defendants in error against plaintiff in error on September 19, 1898.. The parties to the suit were the five children and heirs-at-law of Jeremiah Murphy, deceased. Jeremiah Murphy was the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land,…