Masterson v. Wall

John J. Masterson filed a complaint in the superior court of Cook county against John R. Wall to cancel a deed and to rescind a contract. The defendant answered the complaint and the cause was referred to a master in chancery. Masterson, who was eighty-nine years of age at the time the suit was filed, died on April 14, 1935. By leave of court Helen Sweeney, the sole devisee under Masterson’s will, filed her amended and supplemental complaint. Wall interposed an answer to her complaint. The master recommended that a decree be entered in favor of the defendant. The chancellor overruled…