Knights v. Knights
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. Walter E. Brewer, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This appeal is prosecuted to review a decree of the circuit court of Coles county awarding homestead, dower and other rights growing out of the marriage relation, to appellee, Vilena Knights, in a certain 80-acre tract of land held by appellant Elmer Knights as trustee, in a suit brought by appellee, charging that she had been defrauded of her marital rights in this property by the fraudulent conduct of her deceased husband, Charles H. Knights.
Appellee testified that she was married to Charles H. Knights January 29, 1914; that she had known him about three years before their marriage; that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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