McMahill v. Torrence
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding. A bill in chancery was filed by appellees, afterwards amended, which prayed for the partition of the south-east quarter of section 30 and ten acres off the east side of the south-west quarter of section 30, both in township 8, range 1, in Warren county-. Harvey J. Hewitt was the original owner of this land, and died intestate in the year 1850, leaving his widow, Miriam Hewitt, and as…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding. A bill in chancery was filed by appellees, afterwards amended, which prayed for the partition of the south-east quarter of section 30 and ten acres off the east side of the south-west quarter of section 30, both in township 8, range 1, in Warren county-. Harvey J. Hewitt was the original owner of this land, and died intestate in the year 1850, leaving his widow, Miriam Hewitt, and as his only heirs six children, two of whom were Miriam H. Hewitt Schreeves and Oscar L. Hewitt. The bill avers that Miriam…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The principal question presented and argued by appellant as reason for the reversal of the decree of the circuit court is, that the rights and interests of Miriam H. Schreeves, and, consequently, of her grantees, the appellees, are barred by the seven years statute of limitations. No question is raised as to their interest in fifty-five acres of this land, the sole controversy being over the one hundred and fifteen acres, title of which was acquired by appellant through foreclosure proceedings.
It may be stated as a proposition of law which needs no citation of authority, that a purchaser at a…
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