Dougherty v. Duckels

This appeal is prosecuted from a decree of the circuit court of Macoupin county granting the prayer of an amended bill filed by the appellee to set aside certain deeds made by her to appellant and for other relief. Neil S. Duckels (hereafter called appellant) and appellee are the only surviving children and heirs of Henrietta Duckels, who died testate April 9, 1915, leaving no surviving husband. Mrs. Duckels was a resident of Morgan county, Illinois, but for the last few years of her life she had been living most of her time in States where the climate was more agreeable to her than Illinois.…