Clarke v. Clarke

Carroll C. Clarke filed a bill in the circuit court of Kankakee county for the partition of 120 acres of farm land. The bill, as afterwards amended, alleged that the complainant was the owner in fee as a tenant in common of an undivided one-fifth interest in said lands, subject to the rights of his father, John J. Clarke, as surviving husband of Emeline Clarke, deceased. John J. Clarke died prior to the entry of a decree and no notice of his rights was taken therein. The bill also alleged the interests of all other co-tenants. The complainant is a devisee of Emeline Clarke and claims title…