Wilenou v. Handlon
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Grundy county; the Hon. S. C. Stough, Judge, presiding. This is a'bill in chancery filed by appellant in the circuit court of Grundy county against his three daughters, Elizabeth Wilenou, Paulina Wilenou and Anna Handlon, and William Handlon, husband of Anna, to cancel and set aside as a cloud upon his title the record of a deed bearing date February 18, 1899, executed by the appellant to his said daughters, and purporting to convey to them…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Grundy county; the Hon. S. C. Stough, Judge, presiding. This is a'bill in chancery filed by appellant in the circuit court of Grundy county against his three daughters, Elizabeth Wilenou, Paulina Wilenou and Anna Handlon, and William Handlon, husband of Anna, to cancel and set aside as a cloud upon his title the record of a deed bearing date February 18, 1899, executed by the appellant to his said daughters, and purporting to convey to them his farm, containing four hundred and forty acres, located in said county, which deed was recorded in the office of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hand
The main question presented here for determination is, did the appellant deliver the deed executed by him on February 18, 1899, to his three daughters, or to one of them for the benefit of all, with the intention that it should then take effect and the title to .said farm immediately vest in them, or was the deed in the nature of a testamentary disposition of the farm? That is, did the appellant intend the deed should not take effect and the title to the farm vest in his daughters until after his death? The deed was recorded by him, but that is not conclusive evidence that he then delivered…
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