Bliss v. Seeley
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. Samuel L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. This is a bill for the partition of one hundred and sixty acres of land in Shelby county, filed originally on September 3, 1900, by the appellee, Silas E. Seeley, against the appellant, George P. Bliss, and the following persons, to-wit: Absolom H. Kercheval, George A. Hall, Estella Denham, Caroline McDonald, James C. Hall, Dora A. Hall, Sarah S. Smith, Minnie Cloe, Etta B. Middleton…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. Samuel L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. This is a bill for the partition of one hundred and sixty acres of land in Shelby county, filed originally on September 3, 1900, by the appellee, Silas E. Seeley, against the appellant, George P. Bliss, and the following persons, to-wit: Absolom H. Kercheval, George A. Hall, Estella Denham, Caroline McDonald, James C. Hall, Dora A. Hall, Sarah S. Smith, Minnie Cloe, Etta B. Middleton and Mary'Jane Pollock. The original bill prayed for a division of the lands between appellee, Silas B. Seeley, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—The first question, presented by the record in this case, relates to the validity or invalidity of the deed, executed to the appellant, Bliss, on July 3, 1900, and recorded on August 12, 1900, as affected by the will of David William Hall, alleged to have been admitted to probate' in Hitchcock county, Nebraska, on March 12, 1900. Upon the assumption that David William Hall died intestate, his heirs were his brothers and sisters named in the statement preceding this opinion, as he died unmarried and without children; and, by the deed of July 3, 1900, all the interest, which David William…
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