Gunnell v. Palmer

Robert C. Gunnell and E. Mitchell Gunnell filed a bill in the circuit court of Knox county to quiet title to certain real estate in the city of Galesburg. Among the defendants named were the unborn descendants of Robert C. and E. Mitchell Gunnell, and a trustee was appointed by the court to represent their interests. From a decree granting complainants complete title in fee simple, the trustee appeals directly to this court, a freehold being involved.

Anna Chappell Gunnell died testate in 1924, seized of an undivided one-half interest in the real estate here involved, together with a mortgage…