Allison v. White

On April 26, 1917, the appellee, John L. Allison, filed in the circuit court of Vermilion county a bill for the partition of 320 acres of land of which he alleged that he and his sisters, Clara Belle Haimbaugh and Laura Lamb Shannon, were tenants in commotl in fee simple. There was no issue between the complainant and his sisters, but the bill alleged that Emily E. White, through her tenant, William Irwin, was in possession of the land under an apparent chain of title, which was set out, and had executed mortgages to Oren E. Taft, trustee, and to C. V. McClenathan, trustee. All the persons…