Slater v. Gruger

The question in this case is, whether a deed executed October 12, 1882, by Johan Bender and Mary Bender, his wife, to Katharine Slater and Henry F. Slater, her husband, conveyed the premises therein described to the grantees as tenants in common or as joint tenants. The controversy arose under the bill of appellees filed in the Superior Court of Cook county, against appellants, for the partition of the land described in the deed and other lands about which there is no dispute. Appellees contended, and the Superior Court held, that the title was vested in Katharine Slater and Henry F. Slater,…