Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Church v. Wolf

This is a writ of error to review a decree for partition in accordance with the prayer of a bill filed by defendant in error in the circuit court of Adams county in 1919. Defendants to that bill have prosecuted this writ.

The land was conveyed to defendant in error in 1849 by Thomas Redmond. The deed recited the conveyance was made “for a cemetery for the burial of the dead and for no other purpose.” At the time the conveyance was made the land was not in the city of Quincy, but the limits of said city have been extended so that the premises are now, and have been for a long time, in a…