Hazlett v. Moore

Minnie A. Hazlett and I. Newton Peasley filed in the circuit" court of McLean county a complaint asking for the partition of 431 acres of land located in that county. The land in question had been the property of Isaac N. Peasley, the father of the plaintiffs and certain of the defendants. He died intestate leaving no widow surviving but seven children as his only heirs-at-law. Luther J. Moore, husband of one of the defendant heirs, upon the death of Peasley was named as administrator of the estate. Shortly after the death of Peasley and after letters of administration were granted to Moore,…