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PIERCE v. PIERCE

No. 33120.

4 Ill.2d 497 (1954)

123 N.E.2d 511

STANLEY R. PIERCE, Appellee, v. FRANK T. PIERCE et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 18, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MADIGAN & THORSEN, of Chicago, (ROBERT THORSEN, of counsel,) for appellants.

WILHARTZ & HIRSCH, of Chicago, (SAMUEL E. HIRSCH, JACK A. DIAMOND, and WARREN KRINSKY, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole question here is whether a leasehold may be the subject of partition. Stanley R. Pierce filed a complaint in the superior court of Cook County seeking partition of a 99-year leasehold, created in 1875, of which he owns an undivided half interest. The defendants are the owners of the remaining interests. Upon defendants' motion, the superior court dismissed the complaint. The...

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