Allwood v. Cahill

Appellee, Lyda Allwood, filed this suit in the circuit court of Putnam county to recover certain real estate, of which she claimed to be the owner. The first count of the complaint was in the ordinary form of an action in ejectment. It was alleged that appellee was the owner of the property and that appellants had entered and unlawfully withheld possession from her.

The second count alleged that one' Jane Tompkins, in her lifetime, was seized and possessed of the property involved; that the said Jane Tompkins died leaving a will which was duly proved and admitted to probate by the county court…