Allen v. Sanders

Per Curiam :

On April 27, 1912, the appellant, Eliza Allen, and John W. Allen, her husband, acquired title as tenants in common, to the lot in question. The metes and bounds description in the deed is of a lot 80 feet by 167.5 feet which is said to be a part of block three (3) “in D. M. Barter’s second addition to the city of Marion.” The Allens built a five-room house and lived on the premises until 1928, at which time John W. Allen left his wife. She continued to live there until the following year when she locked up the house and went to Springfield, Illinois, where she has been employed…