Comstock v. Purple

Appellees make the point, that John Comstock had no right to appeal; that he is not entitled to a hearing upon this record, and that the appeal should be dismissed. To understand this position, a brief history of the case is necessary.

A portion of the heirs at laxy of the late Norman H. Purple filed their petition in the circuit court of Peoria county, against the other heirs at law of the same,, and Ezra G. San-i ger and Nathaniel B. Curtis, his guardian, for the partition of a certain tract of land in Peoria county, the petitioners claiming that they, with two of the defendants, were,…