Ellet v. Farmer

Anna C. Ellet, plaintiff appellant, a widow, aged 61 years, married Phillip Ellet on May 22,1937. The latter was a widower about 60 years of age, a postmaster since 1912 in a small village in Williamson county, Illinois. He was also a farmer and coal miner. On May 6, 1936, Phillip Ellet deeded all his real estate consisting of a 40-acre farm, a post office building, and some town lots of small value to his nephew and niece, Homer Farmer and Judith Farmer Balls, defendants appellees herein. These conveyances were voluntary and without any consideration, but were made some five months before…