Schwartz v. Ritter

The defendants • in error, Charles L. Ritter and the People of the State of Illinois, filed their bill in chancery in the circuit court of Jackson county, against William A. Schwartz and Francis M. Youngblood, plaintiffs in error, and Arretta J. Dobbs and Mary Kessell, for the assignment of dower to said Arretta J. Dobbs and the partition of one hundred and twenty acres of land in that county. Arretta J. Dobbs and Mary Kessell were defaulted, and the defendants, William A. Schwartz and Francis M. Youngblood, filed a general demurrer to the bill for want of equity. The demurrer was overruled…