Bear v. Millikin Trust Co.

Paul C. Bear appeals from a decree of the circuit court of Piatt county sustaining a demurrer to a bill in equity for the partition of certain land formerly belonging to Carlton J. Bear and for the cancellation of a deed executed by Bear in his lifetime to the Millikin Trust Company.

Carlton J. Bear died intestate on July 28, 1919, leaving Bertha R. Bear, his wife, surviving, and his heirs were his four sons, Paul C., Lee M., Lloyd J. and Ralph W., and his daughter, Grace M. Martin. The widow, Bertha R. Bear, died on July 1, 1924, leaving a will. Paul C. Bear, Lee M. Bear and Grace M. Martin,…