Johnson v. Johnson

This was a bill in chancery, brought by Marion A. Johnson and others against Egbert Johnson and another, praying for the partition of ten acres of land, being a part of the southwest quarter of section 4, township 38, range 14, in Cook county. It appears that on the 23d day of September, 1876, said land was owned in fee in equal undivided portions by John S. Buss, Catherine B. Moody and Sarah M. Peck, their title having been derived by devise from their father, John Buss, deceased. On the day last named, said Sarah M. Peck died, leaving a will by which she made a devise of her estate in said…