Jackson v. O'CONNELL

This is an appeal from that portion of an order which adopted a master’s recommendation to allow counterclaimant’s request that her attorney’s fees in a partition suit be apportioned. The parties claiming title to tbe real estate in question were in disagreement as to their proportionate interests. The matter was finally adjudicated by the Supreme Court (Jackson v. O’Connell, 23 Ill2d 52, 177 NE2d 194 (1961), which found the interests in accordance with counter-claimant’s contentions.

As the court said in its opinion, the controlling faets are simple and uncontroverted. Neil Duffy, who died…