Calumet & Chicago Canal & Dock Co. v. Russell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county. This was a petition for dower, filed by Cornelia Russell agáinst the Calumet and Chicago Canal and Dock Company. The facts of the ease are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
Cornelia Russell, claiming to be the widow of John B. F. Russell, deceased, filed in the circuit court of Cook county her petition for dower in certain lands therein described, of which she alleged her husband was seized in fee during coverture, and who died intestate on the 3d day of January, 1862; that appellants, the Calumet and Chicago Canal and Dock Company, claim title to the premises in fee, and that she had demanded of them her dower in the same, and that they were the only party in interest besides herself. A demurrer to the petition was sustained. The petition was amended at the…
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