Bogan v. Swearingen
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign county, the Hon. Francis M. Wright, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
Esther Swearingen died intestate March 1, 1899, leaving St. Clair Swearingen, Laura E. Bogan and Lennie Stall, her children, and Nellie Witt, Clara Fisher and Otho John Upp, Jr., her grandchildren, children of a deceased daughter, her only heirs-at-law. Otho John Upp was the surviving husband of said deceased daughter. January 12,1899, Esther Swearingen made three deeds of conveyance, one to each of her said children, St. Clair Swearingen, Laura E. Bogan and Lennie Stall, by which she conveyed all the lands which she then owned. The deeds were delivered to Samuel G. Lehman, to be kept by him…
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