Nixon v. Williamson

GRIMM, Judge.

In this court tried case, Nellie Sykes Nixon appeals the judgment in favor of defendant Mims Williamson, Jr. Nixon claims ownership of all of lot six in Dutch-er’s Subdivision in East St. Louis, Illinois, while Williamson claims ownership of the northeast one hundred feet of lot six. We affirm.

Briefly, the evidence indicated that Josephine Sykes, Nixon’s aunt, in 1971 received a quit-claim deed to lot six. Sykes lived on the property until 1978 when the house burned. She then moved to a nursing home. In 1981, Sykes died. According to Nixon’s testimony, the lot was left to her by…