Witt v. Panek

This is an appeal seeking to reverse a decree of the superior court of Cook County which dismissed a complaint that sought to partition real estate, and to set aside three deeds alleged to be clouds on the title thereto.

The facts show that Michael Witt, also known as Michael Witkowski, acquired title to the premises in dispute in 1919, and made his residence there until October, 1948, when he died, intestate, and a widower, at the age of eighty-seven years. His surviving heirs-at-law consisted of seven children and five grandchildren. During the latter ten to fifteen years of his life, his…