Brown v. Sunderland

Mr. Justice; Hand

delivered the opinion of the court:

This was a bill in chancery filed in the circuit court of Piatt county by the appellee, Mary Brown, against the appellant, William Sunderland, for the partition of the west half of the south-west quarter of section 34, township 17, range 6, east of the third principal meridian, in Piatt county, Illinois. An answer and replication were filed and the appellant filed a cross-bill, to which a demurrer was sustained, and the appellant having stood by his cross-bill, the case was referred to the master to take the proofs and report his…