Cleaver v. Smith

Mary Cleaver, plaintiff in error, on the 21st of April, 1880, filed a bill in the Superior Court of Cook county, against the heirs at law and personal representatives of William Sidney Smith, late of Suffolk county, New York, seeking to recover certain real estate in the city of Chicago. In the view taken of the case it is not necessary to discuss the particulars of the controversy. A summons was issued against the defendants on the same day the bill was filed, which was subsequently returned “not found. ” There were ten of the heirs, all of whom, except Charles F. Smith, on the 10th of June,…