Mott v. Seminary
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion, county; the Hon. Edward P. Vail, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This case was heard upon demurrer to the bill. The demurrer was sustained and the bill was dismissed. Therefore, in considering the questions involved, the allegations of the ' bill are assumed to be true.
The complainants below, who are the appellants here, claim to be the owners of an undivided one third part of the real ■estate, described in the bill, and of which they ask for a partition. They allege that their interest was conveyed to them, ■on March 21, 1888, by Melissa B. Lamon, who is claimed to have been at that time the owner in fee of the whole tract. The .appellees also derive…
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