Montgomery v. Spears

Statutory bill to quiet title to certain land in St. Clair county. From a decree in favor of complainants, defendant prosecutes the appeal.

Complainants trade their record title back to the government; patent having issued to one James Calhoun in January, 1861, who, in November, 1867, deeded the land to Mary P. Allen, complainants deriving title -through said Mary P. Allen. Surviving her were children and husband, Bailey P. Allen, who died in 1908.

The source of defendant’s claim of ownership was sheriff’s deed of February, 1877, under execution issued against the husband, Bailey P. Allen, one…