Jespersen v. Mech
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. On August 5, 1903, appellees, as children and heirs of Johann Mech, filed their bill in the circuit court, of Cook county to partition certain real estate in the city of Chicago known as No. 904 Wolfram street.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. On August 5, 1903, appellees, as children and heirs of Johann Mech, filed their bill in the circuit court, of Cook county to partition certain real estate in the city of Chicago known as No. 904 Wolfram street. The facts upon which the bill is based are substantially as follows: Johann Mech was the owner of the real estate sought to be partitioned, on which he resided with his family as a homestead, and on March 20, 1893, he executed a quitclaim deed to the same to his wife, Marie Mech, but that deed was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The first ground of reversal insisted upon by counsel for appellant is, that the court erred in refusing to estimate the value of the homestead and the interest of Marie Strelow conveyed by said trust deed, upon the value of the premises at the time of the execution of the quit-claim deed by Johann Mech to his then wife. They state their proposition on this point as follows: “When Mech died seized of the fee to the extent of $1000, which had not passed by reason of the defective deed made by him, that fee was encumbered by his homestead estate. But the homestead estate has been abandoned and…
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