Demalian Justice v. Wilkins
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oE Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;■ — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Samuel L. Dwight, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Carter
Sea Bird Wilkins died intestate in Marion county on June 4, 1908. Being a bachelor, there was no child or descendants thereof. He left no parents, brothers or sisters. The next of kin and only heirs-at-law were some sixteen nephews and nieces residing in this State and a number in other States, and a number of grand-nephews and grandnieces in this and other States. He left some $30,000 or $40,000 in personal property and about one thousand acres of land in Illinois. About eight o’clock on June 6, 1908, the morning after the funeral, S. Catherine Justice, one of the nieces residing in Marion…
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