SHORTRIDGE v. SHERMAN

No. 15840.

84 Ill. App.3d 981 (1980)

406 N.E.2d 565

DONALD B. SHORTRIDGE, Ex'r of the Estate of John Henley Eversole, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NINAH DUNLAP WAGNER SHERMAN et al., Defendants-Appellees. — (MARY ELLEN BLASINGHAM et al., Defendants-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied July 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Kenneth Porter, of Busch, Harrington & Porter, of Champaign, for appellants.

George V. Eighmey, of Thomas, Mamer, Haughey & Miller, and Follmer, West & Erdmann, both of Champaign, for appellees.

Jerry Bromiel, of Urbana, and John H. Elder, of Meyer, Capel, Hirschfeld, Muncy, Jahn & Aldeen, and Paul C. Hendren, of Williamson, Miller & Hendren, both of Champaign, guardians ad litem.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE WEBBER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal lies from an order of the circuit court of Douglas County declaring the rights of the parties under section 57.1 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110, par. 57.1). The question presented is the ownership of 320 acres of farm land located in Douglas County. The trial court, sitting without a jury, tried...

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