Willin v. Burdette

This was a bill brought by Laura E. Willin, against John W. Burdette and Michael G. McGuire, to set aside a deed executed by the complainant to said defendants, wherein she conveyed to them a certain lot in Chicago which she obtained from her husband under a decree for divorce. The defendants were attorneys for the complainant in the divorce proceedings, and it is alleged that the deed was obtained without consideration and by the abuse of the confidential relations existing between attorney and client.

It appears from the record that the complainant had trouble with her husband and sought…