Hinshaw v. Russell

This was a bill filed in the circuit court of McLean county for the partition of 120 acres of land in said county, formerly standing of record in the name of Robert Russell, who departed this life intestate September 30, 1916. Appellant, Elizabeth Russell, the widow of said Robert Russell, filed an answer and also a cross-bill, in each of which she claimed to be the equitable owner of an undivided 29/125 part of 62 acres of said land by reason of a resulting trust therein. The cause was referred to a master in chancery, who reported that appellant did not have the equitable interest by reason…