Reuter v. Stuckart
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. The original bill in this case was filed by the appellant, Johan Joseph Reuter, on October 21,1897; and, a demurrer thereto having been sustained, an amended bill was filed on December 20, 1897, by the appellant against John Stuckart, Susan Foreman, Frank Stuckart, Joseph Stuckart and Henry Stuckart, praying for a setting off and assignment to the complainant in the bill of dower and…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. The original bill in this case was filed by the appellant, Johan Joseph Reuter, on October 21,1897; and, a demurrer thereto having been sustained, an amended bill was filed on December 20, 1897, by the appellant against John Stuckart, Susan Foreman, Frank Stuckart, Joseph Stuckart and Henry Stuckart, praying for a setting off and assignment to the complainant in the bill of dower and homestead in the premises therein named, and for a partition of said premises according to the respective rights of all…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. J ustice Magruder1
delivered the opinion of the court:
The appellant in this case claims dower and homestead in the premises in controversy as the husband of the deceased Anna Maria Reuter, upon the alleged ground that she was the owner of said prémises when she died on February 3, 1897, by reason of having been in possession thereof for more than twenty years preceding her death. Appellant does not deny, that the appellees, who are the children of his deceased wife, are the owners of the premises in question, but he claims that they own the premises as heirs of their deceased mother,…
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