Elliott v. Western Coal & Mining Co.

On March 12, 1889, Alfred S. Taylor and Olef Taylor, his wife, conveyed to appellant, Nancy P. Elliott, their daughter, twenty acres of land in Franklin county, Illinois, for an expressed consideration of $200. Alfred S. Taylor died intestate in February, 1900, seized in fee of the one hundred acres of land in controversy in this case, and leaving Olef Taylor, his widow, and William B. Taylor, John B. Taylor, Nancy P. Elliott, Frances Branson and Alice Klamp his children and only heirs-at-law. Among the deeds of the deceased was found the following paper, dated October 12, 1892:

“To whom it…