Askins v. Merritt
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Circuit Court of Moultrie county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The circuit court of Moultrie county sustained the demurrer of Bessie H. Merritt and Daisy B. Wood, two of the appellees, to the bill for partition filed against them and a tenant and their mortgagee or 'judgment creditor, by A. W. Askins, the appellant, and dismissed the bill. An appeal was allowed and perfected.
The following facts were alleged in the bill and admitted by the demurrer: On July 9, 1903, David M. Crowder, who was the owner of the premises sought to be partitioned, executed his' last will and testament, and among other devises gave to his wife his homestead property in Bethany…
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