Keuper v. Unknown Heirs of Mette
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charres M. Warker, Judge, presiding. This suit was begun by appellant, Mary Keuper, and her husband, George Keuper, in the circuit court of Cook county, for the partition of certain real estate in the city of Chicago, described in the bill.
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Appear from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charres M. Warker, Judge, presiding. This suit was begun by appellant, Mary Keuper, and her husband, George Keuper, in the circuit court of Cook county, for the partition of certain real estate in the city of Chicago, described in the bill. The bill alleges that one of the pieces of real estate therein described was conveyed to George Keuper and William E. Mette by warranty deed October 3, 1903, and the other piece was conveyed to the same parties by warranty deed March 2, 1906; that at the time the conveyances were so made the grantees…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
William E. Mette was a single man, and in 1896 he and the Keupers were without means. In that year Mette and George Keuper borrowed $100 from a brother of Mary Keuper and engaged in the saloon business. They ran a lunch stand in connection with the saloon, and Mrs. Keuper did the cooking, helped to tend bar and handled the money. The business not proving profitable, after about one year they moved to another location in South Chicago, where they conducted a saloon and lunch stand until February, 1906. Mrs. ICeuper’s name never appeared in connection with the business but it was conducted in…
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