Knapp v. Knapp

The appellant filed his bill in equity in the circuit court of Livingston county against the appellee, his former wife, for the purpose of compelling her to release her interest in certain Illinois real estate, or, in the alternative, to cancel her inchoate right of dower in said real estate as a cloud upon his title. The chancellor sustained a demurrer to the bill and dismissed the same for want of equity. The cause is now before this court on appeal to review the decree dismissing the bill.

The appellee was divorced from appellant by decree of the circuit court of Livingston county on May…