Howard v. Boyle

This was a bill for partition, filed by appellee in the superior court of Cook county. The bill alleged that appellee and the appellant Guy L. Boyle were the owners, as tenants in common, of real estate, and improvements thereon, at the north-west corner of Harrison street and Albany avenue, in the city of Chicago; that the legal title to said real estate, until about December io, 1908, was held by said Boyle for the use of himself and appellee; that shortly prior to that date, in order to assist Boyle in negotiating a loan on the premises, appellee executed a written statement that Boyle was…