Gallagher v. Girote

This case is here on appeal from a decree of the superior court of Cook County ordering partition of certain real estate. The appeal was originally taken to the Appellate Court for the First District but since a freehold is involved the appeal was transferred to this court.

There are two parcels of real estate involved in this case. Each of these parcels was purchased by one James Gallagher who died intestate in 1948. The plaintiff who is the widow of James Gallagher, claims that by virtue of the laws of descent she is vested with an undivided one-third interest in each parcel and that…