Habberton v. Habberton

This is a writ of error to the Appellate Court, to reverse a judgment of that court affirming a decree of the circuit court of Wabash county, allowing a solicitor’s fee of $450 in favor of complainant’s solicitor, William T. Bonham, in a proceeding for partition of lands, brought by Sarah L. Habberton against W. P. Habberton and others, in the circuit court of Wabash county.

In 1889 section 40 of the act of 1874, in regard to partition, was amended to read as follows: “In all proceedings for the partition of real estate, when the rights and interests of all the parties in interest are properly…