Legal Opinion

Roodhouse v. Roodhouse

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 31, 1890PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Greene county; th& Hon. Albert G. Burr, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholeield

This is a writ of error to bring in review a decree of the circuit ■court of Greene county, assigning dower in and making partition of lands whereof Peter Roodhouse died seized. The bill is filed by Harry W. Roodhouse and Benjamin T. Roodhouse, a minor, by Harry W. Roodhouse, his guardian, and prays the assignment of dower to the widow of Peter Roodhouse, deceased, and that the lands remaining be partitioned between the petitioners, his sole heirs-at-law. Commissioners were appointed, who assigned dower and made partition as prayed, and they reported their action to the court, and it was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. John A. Winston & Co. v. McLendonMississippi Supreme Court · 1870
  2. Cost v. RoseIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
  3. Parker v. LincolnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1815

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Miller v. WhelanIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Clarke v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Sill v. SillIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Ames v. AmesIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Stevenson v. Hawthorne Elementary SchoolIllinois Supreme Court · 1991

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