Swann v. Moore

Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a hill in chancery filed August 18, 1913, by Nettie L. Swann against Mary C. Moore and five other heirs of George P. Swann, deceased, praying for the partition of certain real estate therein described.

The original bill alleged that George P. Swann was at the time of his death the owner of a certain quarter section of land subject to a mortgage of $2,000, and also of certain residence property in the city of Hillsboro which the heirs had agreed should be sold at public auction; that said residence property had been sold…