Walker v. Shepard
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. S. L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree rendered "by the circuit court of Shelby county setting aside a deed to the north half of the north-west quarter of section 29, town 10, north, range 5, east of the third principal meridian, in Shelby county, Illinois. The bill herein was filed by Anna E. Shepard (nee Small) on January 21,1901, against Amos W. Walker, the appellant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. S. L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree rendered "by the circuit court of Shelby county setting aside a deed to the north half of the north-west quarter of section 29, town 10, north, range 5, east of the third principal meridian, in Shelby county, Illinois. The bill herein was filed by Anna E. Shepard (nee Small) on January 21,1901, against Amos W. Walker, the appellant. On February 15, 1903, and prior to the hearing of said cause, Anna E. Shepard died and her three children and her husband were substituted as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
First—Two teachers who had conducted schools attended by Anna E. Shepard testified, and from their evidence it appears that she, when attending school, “was not as bright as other pupils; that she learned to read and write but was very slow in arithmetic; did not learn much geography and no grammar to amount to anything.” One of these witnesses testified that she “didn’t know that Anna E. Shepard ever did work a problem; that she couldn’t unless she could copy it; didn’t compare with the other children at all; that she couldn’t pass her grades.” At the time of which this teacher testifiéd,…
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