Silas v. Robinson

Portia Silas (Silas) appeals from the judgment of the Cook County circuit court which dismissed her complaint against her sister, Emma Robinson (Robinson), for partition and accounting and which ordered her to execute a quitclaim deed to Robinson. Robinson cross-appeals from the trial court’s order which denied her post-trial motion for attorneys’ fees. The parties raise the following questions for our review:

1. Whether the trial court’s finding that Silas’ interest constituted an equitable mortgage in the real property at issue was erroneous as against the manifest weight of the evidence;

2.…