Sawyer v. Creighton

Appellants, Michael J. Creighton and Catherine Creighton his wife, claiming a freehold in the real estate involved herein but which was denied them by decree of the circuit court of La Salle County, appeal to us for reversal of that decree.

Appellee, Sarah Sawyer, a widow 62 years old, is an aunt of appellant Michael J. Creighton, an attorney at law residing at Oak Park and having an office in Chicago. Her husband died July 29, 1946, leaving her the surviving joint tenant of the premises which had been conveyed to them in joint tenancy. October 19, 1946, through deed dated the 5th of that…