Fitzgerald v. Fitzgerald

Bill was filed in the circuit court of Sangamon county, by Ellen Fitzgerald and Mary Fitzgerald, against James M. Fitzgerald, in which it is alleged that complainants are sisters of the defendant; that on the 4th of December, 1869, he conveyed to them a life interest in lots 1 and 2, in block 9, in E. lies’ addition to the city of Springfield, for the consideration of one dollar and natural love and affection; that on the 14th of May, 1875, the defendant, through misrepresentation, circumvention and fraud, obtained their signatures to a quitclaim deed, purporting to have been executed by them…