David v. Schiltz

This appeal, involving a freehold, is taken from a decree of the circuit court of Kendall County which (1) reformed the legal description contained in four deeds in the chain of title to a four-acre tract of land, commonly known as “Four Acres,” located in the town of Little Rock, (2) removed one deed as a cloud upon title, and (3) ordered partition of the premises.

The pertinent facts show that the four-acre tract was conveyed to one Amy L. Gregory in 1906 by a warranty deed which described the land as follows: “A part of the South-East Quarter (S.E. J4) of Section Twenty Seven (27), Township…