Kincaid v. Vickers
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Massac county; the Hon. William N. Butler, Judge, presiding. Appellant, Robert E. Kincaid, filed his bill against Margarette Anna Kincaid and Tyre S. Vickers in the circuit court of Massac county, in which he sought to partition a strip of land ten rods wide east and west, lying - along the boundary line between the north-east quarter and the northwest quarter of fractional section 1, township 19, north, range 6, east, in Massac county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Massac county; the Hon. William N. Butler, Judge, presiding. Appellant, Robert E. Kincaid, filed his bill against Margarette Anna Kincaid and Tyre S. Vickers in the circuit court of Massac county, in which he sought to partition a strip of land ten rods wide east and west, lying - along the boundary line between the north-east quarter and the northwest quarter of fractional section 1, township 19, north, range 6, east, in Massac county. The bill alleges that Robert E. Kincaid and Margarette Anna Kincaid were tenants in common, the former owning one-fourth of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The sole question for our determination is one of fact,— that is, whether or not the proof sustains the allegations of the bill. Fractional section i is contiguous to the Ohio river. The east line is 20.50 chains long, and is the boundary between Massac and Polk counties. The west line is 29.10 chains long. The north and south half-mile line between the two quarter sections is 24.80 chains long. The northwest quarter of the section contains Ill.97 acres and the north-east quarter contains 108.33 acres. Beaver Dam lake enters the section at the north-east corner, and crosses the north and…
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