Rann v. McTiernan

The appellee Mary McTiernan, a sister and one of the heirs-at-law of Patrick Rann, deceased, filed her bill in the circuit court of Grundy county against the appellant, James Rann, and others, asking for a partition of the north-east quarter of the south-east quarter and the south-west quarter of the south-east quarter of section 16, township 31, in said county. The amended bill alleged title in the heirs of said Patrick Rann, and there was and is no dispute as to the title of the south-west quarter of the south-east quarter being in said heirs. It was alleged that the legal title of the…