Gebhardt v. Warren

This is a direct appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Kankakee County, which partitioned real estate owned in his lifetime by Charles Gebhardt, now deceased. Appellee, Howard Gebhardt, the plaintiff below, was awarded a seven twenty-fourths interest as the adopted son of Frank Gebhardt, who was a true son of the intestate, Charles Gebhardt. Appellants, who are the other heirs of Charles Gebhardt, seek to review that finding of the court on the ground that appellee was not the legally adopted son of Frank Gebhardt. The trial court has reserved jurisdiction' of so much of the cause as…