Meadows v. Costoff

Robinson, Justice.

This appeal involves a divorced couple’s title to certain personal property and the possession of real property which is an estate by the entirety.

The appellant, Thelma Costoff Meadows, and appellee, Charles Costoff, were married January 27, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, when she was 22 years of age and he 45. At that time he had worked for a railroad company for twenty-seven years, owned a half interest in a house and lot in Illinois, and had accumulated about $1,700 in the bank. Subsequent to the marriage, he bought the other half interest in the above mentioned real estate…