Ater v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
WRIT or Error to the Circuit Court of Piatt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding. Defendant in error Kathryn Ater filed her bill in the circuit court of Piatt county for the partition of one hundred and sixty acres of land described in the bill.
Read the full summary
WRIT or Error to the Circuit Court of Piatt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding. Defendant in error Kathryn Ater filed her bill in the circuit court of Piatt county for the partition of one hundred and sixty acres of land described in the bill. The bill alleged that complainant was the widow of Thomas Ater, who died intestate November 16, 1906; that he left no children nor issue of any children, but left complainant, (his widow,) four sisters, and the descendants of one deceased sister and of four deceased brothers, as his only heirs-at-law. The bill alleged that complainant…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Farmer
From the attitude the parties have finally assumed in this litigation, it appears that this suit has resolved itself into a controversy between three surviving daughters and the descendants of a deceased daughter of James Ater on the one side, and the remaining surviving daughter and those claiming under the four deceased sons of James Ater on the other side.
It is conceded by all the parties to this suit that there was never a valid delivery of the deeds executed by James Ater to the grantees named therein. After the death of James Ater his oldest son, Franklin Ater, received the deeds from…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wood v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Johnston v. Standard Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
3Cited by14 opinions
- Neagle v. McMullenIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
- Standard Oil Co. of Colorado v. Standard Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Town of Troy v. AMERICAN FIDELTY COMPANYSupreme Court of Vermont · 1958
- Stoke v. WheelerIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
- Solt v. McDowellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1971
9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.