McLain v. Van Winkle
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
It appears 'from the record in this case, that Nathaniel McLain filed a supplemental petition to the March term, 1864, of the St. Clair Circuit Court, as the next friend of his children, and against Mary Isabel YanWinkle, and other heirs of Miles YanWinkle, deceased. It recites the previous filing of a petition to the March term, 1860, of the court, to have the dower of Mrs. Eebecca Clark, who was the widow of Miles YanWinkle, allotted and assigned to her in the land of which he died seized, and to have these lands partitioned among the heirs of Miles YanWinkle. That at the March term, 1860,…
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