Connor v. Gardner
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. James Gardner, appellee herein, claiming to be the owner in fee and in possession of the east half of the north-east quarter of section 20, township 16, north, range 7, west, in Sangamon county, Illinois, filed a bill in chancery to remove as a cloud upon his title certain alleged claims of appellants based on the last will and testament of Joseph Berry, deceased.
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Appear from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. James Gardner, appellee herein, claiming to be the owner in fee and in possession of the east half of the north-east quarter of section 20, township 16, north, range 7, west, in Sangamon county, Illinois, filed a bill in chancery to remove as a cloud upon his title certain alleged claims of appellants based on the last will and testament of Joseph Berry, deceased. Appellants answered the bill, denied that the appellee was the owner in fee, and set up the claim that appellants were the owners in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
The question over which the most serious contention exists is, what interest, if any, did Mary Jane Connor take under the will of Joseph Berry ? The appellants insist that their mother took a life estate only, with remainder in fee to her children, and that by the partition and her subsequent conveyance to Clarke, and Clarke’s conveyance to appellee, only a life estate was conveyed, and that appellee and his grantors, being the owners of the life estate, could acquire no rights, by possession and payment of taxes, against the remáinder-men so long as the life estate existed; while, on the…
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