Gordon v. Baker
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Leslie D. Putebbauqh, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carnes
This is a bill filed by Catherine Gordon, appellant, to subject certain lands, to which appellee, Mary E. Baker, had the record title, to the payment of a decree for alimony she obtained against Stephen B. Baker in January, 1879, more than thirty years before the. bill was filed.
Issues were joined, the cause submitted to the master who heard the proofs and reported adversely to appellant’s claim, objections and exceptions were heard and decree entered in accordance with the master’s report dismissing the bill for want of equity, from which this appeal is prosecuted. It appears from the…
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