Stevenson v. Montgomery
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. George W. Thompson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
On March 6, 1913, the appellees, Malinda B. Montgomery and Wilson H. Sloan, filed their petition in the county court of Warren county setting forth that they were cousins of Nannie Sloan, who left said county when a child, with her mother and step-father, and went to1 the State of Texas, where her step-father was temporarily employed, without any permanent residence, as a contractor in building railroad bridges; that she had not been heard from for more than twenty-five years and upon diligent search and inquiry had not been found, and that there was on deposit with the county treasurer of…
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