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CHAPMAN v. RICHEY

No. 51180.

78 Ill.2d 243 (1980)

399 N.E.2d 1277

KENNETH CHAPMAN et al., Appellants, v. PATRICIA RICHEY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Douglas, of Robinson, for appellants.

Lawrence Eaton, of Eaton, Eaton, and Tomaw, of Newton, for appellees.

McCarthy, Scheurich, Duffy, Neidhart & Snakard, of Chicago (John M. Duffy and Richard J. Witry, of counsel), for amici curiae Arthur Christman and Kathleen Partlow.

Earl L. Vuagniaux, of Edwardsville, for amici curiae Alice L. Rhodes and Albert H. Buehnemann.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed; cause remanded.)

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole issue raised in this appeal is whether defendant Anna Chapman, following renunciation of her husband's will, is entitled to a setoff of homestead in a partition action brought by those who, by virtue of Anna's act of renunciation, had become cotenants with Anna in the marital home...

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