McGrath v. Dunne

This cause is before us on direct appeal from a decree for partition entered in the superior court of Cook county. The record shows the complaint alleged the ownership of the premises, the subject matter of the litigation, in fee simple equally, share and share alike, by the plaintiff, Cecelia McGrath, and the defendant, Raymond Dunne, subject to the lien of a trust deed securing a note for the principal sum of $4000, beneficially owned by the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. These facts were also stipulated by the parties on the hearing before the master and were so found in the…