Legal Opinion

Miller v. Rowan

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1911PublishedCited by 53 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson county; the Hon, William N. Butler, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

Upon a bill for partition filed by the appellees against the appellant, Joseph Rowan, and others, the circuit court of Jackson county entered a decree finding that the lands descended to the heirs-at-law of Alexander Rowan and McFarland Rowan, deceased, and awarded partition as prayed for. The bill alleged that Alexander Rowan and McFarland Rowan owned the lands as tenants in common, each owning an undivided one-half; that Alexander Rowan died intestate on February 15, 1906, leaving no widow or child or descendant; that McFarland Rowan died in October, 1909, intestate, leaving no widow, child…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hunt v. . HuntNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  2. Curtiss v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
  3. People v. SeelyeIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  4. City of Peoria v. JohnstonIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  5. Parsons v. MillarIllinois Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Malone v. MeresSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  2. Ward v. SampsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Executors of Fooks v. GhingherCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1937
  4. Weberpals v. JennyIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
  5. Knaus v. Chicago Title and Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1937

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