Culver v. Belt
Appellate Court of Illinois
Claim in Probate.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene County; the Hon. George W. Herd max, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1897. Affirmed. Opinion filed December 2, 1897.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Harker
delivered the opinion oe the Court.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of ‘ appellee against the estate of A. T. Perry, deceased, for §584.40.
The record shows that in the year 1893, A. T. Perry, a wealthy old bachelor, rented a farm to appellee under a contract whereby he was to have one-third of the crops raised, two rooms in the house situated on the farm for his own use, and table board. He was a man well advanced in years and was predisposed to pulmonary and heart troubles. He was taken very seriously ill in the spring of 1894 and remained an invalid…
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