Maxwell v. Maxwell

This was a hill for a deed, brought by William Maxwell, Sr., appellant, against William Maxwell, Jr., and others, children and heirs at law of Margaret Maxwell, deceased, who was the wife of the complainant. It is alleged in the bill, that in the year 18— complainant was married to Margaret Phillips, who remained his wife to her death, in the year 1881; that subsequent to the said marriage, in the year 1842, complainant purchased from the government of the United States the north half of section 32, in township 6 south, of range 6 west, in Bandolph county, Illinois, and paid for the same out…