Wilson v. Dresser

Citations

• 137 Ill. 474
• 27 N.E. 536

Syllabus

<p>Appeal—whether freehold involved—partition—cloud upon title. Where the very gist of the litigation in a bill for partition and removal of clouds upon the title is the fee to the land, and adverse claims of title -are put in issue and decided, so that the necessary result of the decree is that one party gains and another loses the title, a freehold will be directly involved, and the Appellate Court will have no jurisdiction of nn appeal from the final decree.</p>