Minonk State Bank v. Grassman

Minonk State Bank, as administrator with will annexed of the estate of Agnes Grassman, filed an action in the circuit court of Woodford County seeking a declaratory judgment that plaintiff’s decedent was the owner of an undivided one-half interest in certain real estate and that Ida Grassman (hereinafter referred to as defendant) was a tenant in common with decedent in the ownership of the property, and not a joint tenant with right of survivorship. In two additional counts plaintiff sought partition of, and authority to sell (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. IIOV2, par. 20 — 4), the real estate.…