Beaty v. Calliss

The appellants filed in the circuit court of Sangamon county their bill in equity to quiet their title to eighty acres of land and for partition. The bill alleged that Bertha E. Beaty acquired title to the land by devise from her grandfather, Randolph M. Calliss; that she died intestate, leaving the appellants her heirs-at-law, and that the appellee, James W. Calliss, claimed an interest in the land by virtue of an executory devise but his claim was unfounded. The bill was answered and the issue referred to the master in chancery, who took the evidence and reported the same with his…