Dean v. Dean

This suit was filed in the circuit court of Kankakee County on July 26, 1947, by the appellee against the appellant, Minor James Dean, and others, for partition of certain real estate located in the city of Kankakee. On the following day Minor James Dean filed a complaint for divorce from the appellee on the ground that she had a living husband at the time of their marriage from whom the appellee had never been divorced. In his complaint for divorce, the appellant prayed that he be declared to be the sole owner of the real estate in controversy.

The two cases were consolidated and tried before…