Milliken v. Hildebrand

Appellant, Samuel Milliken, began an action of trespass on the case, in the circuit court of Lee county, against appellees, Chris Hildebrand, Thomas J. Lyons, Warren B. Hussey and Frank H. Delhotal. A demurrer was sustained to the declaration, appellant elected to stand by his declaration, judgment was entered accordingly, and an appeal was prosecuted to this court.

The declaration alleged in substance that Alice Stewart, Anna L. Bourne, Helen Hussey and Lemuel H. Bourne, were the owners of 320 acres of land in Lee county. On August 31, 1918, they and their husbands and wives, as party of the…