Appellate Court of Illinois March 3, 1982, 17240 (Minonk State Bank v. Grassman)

JUSTICE MILLS

delivered the opinion of the court:

We lay to rest today an antiquated and obsolete legal fiction—the “strawman.”

Here is a question of first impression: Can a joint tenant unilaterally sever that joint tenancy by conveying her interest to herself as a tenant in common without the use of an intermediary?

Our answer is yes.

We reverse.