Matanic v. Krajach

On the application of Livia Havill and Katie M. Havill, filed in the circuit court of Cook county, the title to the property here in question was registered in their names on November 6, 1913, under the Torrens Act. By mesne conveyances the title was thereafter acquired by Peter Matanic and Bara Matanic, his wife, as joint tenants, and, upon the death of Peter Matanic on December 12, 1940, vested in Bara Matanic as surviving joint tenant. On June 4, 1942, Bara Matanic filed in the circuit court, in the same proceeding in which the land was registered, her petition against appellees, John…