Stow v. Steele

The judgment of the court below must he affirmed. Harriet Steele was in possession of the east 60 feet of lot 2, in block 44, in the original town of Chicago, claiming a life estate in the same as her assigned dower in the whole lot, of which George I. Stow was the owner, claiming title through' a deed formerly made by the husband of Mrs. Steele, in his life and during her coverture. In this condition of affairs, Therese La Framboise filed in the Superior Court of Cook county her petition against George I. Stow, Mrs. Steele and others, claiming dower in the same lot 2 as the widow of a former…