Rothenberg v. Rothenberg

This is a direct appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Sangamon county. Appellee, Jennie Rothenberg, owned a residence property described as lot four in block three of Thomas Lewis’ Third Addition to the city of Springfield and on February 26, 1940, signed a warranty deed conveying the property to her brother Samuel Max Rothenberg, one of the appellants. He filed the deed for record the same day it was executed and a few days thereafter he and his wife signed a deed conveying the property to a third party, who immediately reconveyed to the grantors as joint tenants with the right of…