Alsop v. DeKoven
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill to Construe a Will.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1903. Statement.—The facts upon which this litigation arises are substantially as follows: John DeKoven, who died April 30, 1898, left a last will and testament, by which he disposed of an estate amounting, it is said, to more than seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
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Bill to Construe a Will.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1903. Statement.—The facts upon which this litigation arises are substantially as follows: John DeKoven, who died April 30, 1898, left a last will and testament, by which he disposed of an estate amounting, it is said, to more than seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The will, after making sundry bequests, gives absolutely to the testator’s wife the sum of $250,000, together with the household. furniture of every…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
This is a suit brought by the trustees of the estate of John DeKoven, deceased, who ask the aid of the court in construing certain provisions of his will, wherein the “ rest and residue ” of his estate is given to them in trust “ to hold, invest, rent, manage and care for the same, and to pay the net income thereof ” to the testator’s wife “ during her life, so long as she remains unmarried, and upon her death or remarriage” to divide such rest and residue between the appellants herein, if living at the expiration of the wife’s life tenancy. There is no controversy as to the facts, and such…
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