Gilbert v. Reynolds
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. George W. Pleasants, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery exhibited in the court below by Speede M. Gilbert, against Hazro Reynolds and others, for an assignment of dower in certain lands, of which the complainant claims her husband died seized.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. George W. Pleasants, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery exhibited in the court below by Speede M. Gilbert, against Hazro Reynolds and others, for an assignment of dower in certain lands, of which the complainant claims her husband died seized. The allegations of the bill were, substantially, that on the 24th day of April, 1828, the complainant was lawfully married to Joseph O. Gilbert, and that they lived together, as husband and wife, in the State of Hew York until the summer of 1831, when they removed to the State of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
This was a bill in chancery in the Henry circuit court, for the assignment of the dower of complainant in and to the lands of which her husband, Joseph O. Gilbert, died seized, and which, by conveyance from him, had vested in Sarah E. Reynolds.
A general demurrer was put in to the bill, and sustained by the .court, and the bill dismissed. To reverse that decision, complainant has appealed to this court.
The ground on which the demurrer was sustained was, - we presume, the want of equity on the face of the bill.
It is insisted by appellant that the facts alleged in the bill make a prima facie…
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