Watson v. Hobson

Appellee John Wesley Watson filed, in the superior court of Cook county a complaint for partition of certain real estate located in the city of Chicago, making various persons parties defendant. In this complaint Watson claimed an interest in fee as tenant in common with appellant Mella Hobson. It is asserted in the complaint that, upon the death intestate of Edna B. Mitchell, then owner of the property, it descended to Sophia Willis and appellant Mella Hobson; that by a warranty deed Sophia Willis had conveyed all her interest in the property to him, Watson, and that no one but he and…