Feaster v. Fleming

In 1860, Vennum and Axtell filed a petition for partition of eighty acres of land, in Iroquois county, against Bebecca Fleming, alleging their ownership of all the premises, except one-sixth, which belonged to Bebecca, and also averring that Hrs. Fleming was entitled to dower. She appeared by counsel and answered, claiming the one-sixth of the land and her right of dower. On the 14th of June, 1860, during the term of the court, the following stipulation, in writing, signed by the attorneys of the respective parties, was filed: “It is agreed that said land be partitioned according to prayer of…