Morrow v. Compton (215 Ill. App. 524, 1919)

Mr. Presiding Justice Graves

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error, G-eorge W. Morrow, filed Ms bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of McDonough county against defendants in error seeking to compel the defendant in error William A. Compton to account for the proceeds of the sale of an undivided one-eighth interest in 170.68 acres of land. Defendant in error James T. Gallagher was défaulted. The other defendant in error, William A. Compton, answered the bill, a replication to his answer was filed, the cause was referred to a special master in chancery to take proofs and report the same without findings either of law or fact. The master took the proof and reported the same to the court. Upon a hearing before the chancellor the bill was dismissed for want of equity.

The facts as gathered from the record are that plaintiff in error Morrow on September 20, 1910, inherited from his father a one-eighth interest in 170.68 acres of land in McDonough county subject to the dower interest of his mother, then 74 years of age. He was a farmer about 34 years