Compton v. Randolph

Margiana M. Randolph and John Randolph Peeples, claiming to be the owners in fee each of an undivided half of the premises in question, filed their petition in the circuit court of Cook county, in which they set. forth the destruction of the public records containing the evidence of their title, and ask to have their title established and confirmed in them, \ under the provisions of the act of 1872, commonly known as the “Burnt Records act. ” A number of persons were named as defendants, some of whom disclaimed having any interest in the property, and others were defaulted, but defendants…