Slattery v. Keefe
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. George W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. In 1888 Johanna Leonard, a widow with children, purchased lot 11, in block 53, in the city of Galesburg, in Knox county, Illinois, and took possession of the same, and occupied the premises with her family as a homestead. She lived there until 1895, when she rented the premises to a tenant and went to her daughter, Margaret Powers, living in California.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. George W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. In 1888 Johanna Leonard, a widow with children, purchased lot 11, in block 53, in the city of Galesburg, in Knox county, Illinois, and took possession of the same, and occupied the premises with her family as a homestead. She lived there until 1895, when she rented the premises to a tenant and went to her daughter, Margaret Powers, living in California. She returned several times on visits, and finally, in July, 1901, returned to Gales-burg to live. Her daughter had died while she was in California.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The principal question in this case relates to the homestead of Mrs. Leonard in the premises. Appellant insists that she never lost her homestead, and that as it was not set off by the sheriff prior to the sale, the sale is void. Appellee insists that she lost her homestead, first, by becoming the sole occupant of the premises when her children had all left the homestead; secondly, by her deed to her daughter relinquishing her homestead; and thirdly, by abandonment by her own removal to California. In the view we take of the case it will not be necessary to consider the last question—that of…
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