Tuyls v. Tuyls

This is a direct appeal prosecuted by the defendant, Robert Tuyls, to review a decree of the circuit court of Kane County granting a divorce to the plaintiff, Verdell Tuyls, and ordering the defendant to convey to her, in satisfaction of special equities and as a property settlement in lieu of alimony, all interest which he had as a joint tenant of an apartment building in which the parties resided prior to their separation. A freehold being involved, the jurisdiction of this court has been properly invoked.

When plaintiff first became acquainted with defendant in 1951, she owned real estate…