Cooper v. Cooper
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Menard county; the Hon. Lyman Lacey, Judge, presiding. This was a bill filed by Mark H. Cooper and others, heirs at law of William Cooper, deceased, against Sarah A. Cooper, widow, and the other heirs at law of said William Cooper, for the partition of certain lands and for the assignment of the widow’s dower therein. The court below dismissed the bill, and complainants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
•It appears that on the 4th day of March, 1865, Noah M. King and wife conveyed to Wm. Cooper and Sarah Ann Cooper, his wife, and the heirs of her natural body, several tracts of land in Menard county. The consideration expressed in the deed was $6,350, and is stated to have been paid by the party of the, second part.
Again, on the 9th day of March, 1866, Wm. S. Senter and wife conveyed to Cooper and wife, for the consideration of $4,000, paid by the party of the second part, certain lands in Menard county.
The granting clause of the deed is this : “Have granted, bargained and sold, and by these…
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- City of Chicago v. SpeerIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
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