Jones v. Felix

Appellant filed a bill in the superior court of Cook county seeking to have what she alleged to be her rights, fixed in certain property in the complaint described. The cause was referred to a master and much evidence taken. The master reported recommending that the bill of appellant be dismissed. This report was adopted and the complaint dismissed for want of equity. The cause is here on direct appeal as a freehold is involved.

By her complaint, appellant alleges that Benjamin Franklin Felix, her grandfather and father of Benjamin B. Felix. had proposed during his lifetime to give appellant…