Powell v. Powell

Prior to the year 1900 Patrick Powell was the owner in fee simple of a house and lot in Bradley’s second addition to the city of Peoria, which he occupied with his family as a homestead. On September 19, 1900, Patrick Powell and his wife, Ann Powell, executed and delivered a deed to these premises to their son Daniel J. J. Powell, who is usually referred to in the record as James Powell. On September 5, 1904, James Powell executed a quit-claim deed to the premises in question to his mother, Ann Powell. Ann Powell died February 22, 1907, leaving Patrick Powell, her surviving husband, and…