Blanchard v. Blanchard
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. H. VanSellar, Judge, presiding. Appellees, who are the adult heirs of Bruce B. Blanchard, deceased, filed their bill in the circuit court of Edgar county, against Elizabeth Blanchard, their step-mother, and nominally against their infant brother and sister, to partition eighty acres of land which had formerly belonged to their father.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. H. VanSellar, Judge, presiding. Appellees, who are the adult heirs of Bruce B. Blanchard, deceased, filed their bill in the circuit court of Edgar county, against Elizabeth Blanchard, their step-mother, and nominally against their infant brother and sister, to partition eighty acres of land which had formerly belonged to their father. The bill alleges that Bruce B. Blanchard was married to the appellant, Elizabeth Blanchard, July 14, 1898, a little more than a year after the death of his first wife, and that on December 5, 1898, he…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
For the purposes of this opinion it is merely necessary to state that we think the court below committed no error in holding the instrument which is sought to be set aside as a cloud upon the title of appellees to be a good and valid deed upon its face.
It is contended by appellant that the court below erred in directing that she should assume the burden of proof, and should first introduce all her evidence in support of the validity of the deed, upon the issues of insanity and undue influence. This was clearly error. The burden of proving insanity or undue influence upon the mind of a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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