Legal Opinion

Farnan v. Borders

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 25, 1887PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Banclolph county; the Hon. George W. Wall, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

This was a bill, originally filed on April 5, 1884, .in the circuit court of Randolph county, by appellee against appellant, and Anna Farndn, Harry Farnan, Frank Farnan, and David Farnan for the partition of lots 87 and 96 in MeClurken’s addition to Sparta and for assignment of the widow’s dower. Dr. James Farnan died, intestate, in October 1877, and left him surviving his widow, Henrietta Farnan, the appellant, and four children by a former wife, Harry, twenty-one years old, Anna nineteen years old, Frank seventeen years old, and David fifteen years old. At the time of his death he lived…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Titman v. MooreIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Howard v. LoganIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Ransom v. HendersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Best v. JenksIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Messerschmidt v. CoolAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
  3. Brown v. MorganAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899

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