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15 Ill. App. 476

McManaman v. Blocks

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 11, 1884

Appellate Court of Illinois · decided 1884-11-11

<p>Dower—Jurisdiction.—As dower in land is an estate of freehold, the appellate court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine this appeal.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently April 1889

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Decided 1884-11-11

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Pee Curiam.

¶1This was a petition for the recovery and assignment of dower in certain lands described in the petition, brought by appellant in the Circuit Court of Cook county. The court, upon a final hearing of the case, dismissed the petition for want of equity, and the petitioner appealed to this court. As dower in land is an estate of freehold, this court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine the appeal.

¶2It should have been taken to the Supreme Court.

¶3Appeal dismissed.

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