Carter v. Penn
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding. This writ of error is prosecuted by Melissa Carter and Hannah Primm, only.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
This was a petition for partition, brought by Joseph Penn against Melissa Carter, Hannah Primm and Lucetta S. Stookey, to divide certain premises in St. Clair county. The defendants were required to answer the petition under oath, which was done by the two plaintiffs in error. The other defendant answered, admitting the allegations of the petition.
It appears from the petition that the premises in controversy originally belonged to Samuel Stookey, who, on the 19th day of February, 1872, conveyed the same to his three children, Melissa Carter, Hannah Primm and James M. Stookey; that on the 24th…
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