Lomax v. Lomax

The original and amended bills in this case were filed by the appellants for the partition of certain lands in Cook county, Illinois. The interests of the parties are derived through the will of John A. Lomax, deceased, which bore date January 21, 1897, and was admitted to probate in the probate court of Cook county on June 9, 1899. At the time of his decease, the testator, John A. Lomax, was the owner of the south-west fractional quarter of section 14, township 40 north, range 12, east of the third principal meridian; but he was not, at the time of his death, the owner of, nor had he at any…