Boatman v. Boatman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. H. VanSellar, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from the decree of the circuit court of Edgar county ordering the partition of certain lands according to the prayer of a bill to partition the same, filed by Ida M. Boatman against the appellants. Reed Boatman died in 1892, leaving a will, which was duly admitted to probate in Edgar county in the same year.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. H. VanSellar, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from the decree of the circuit court of Edgar county ordering the partition of certain lands according to the prayer of a bill to partition the same, filed by Ida M. Boatman against the appellants. Reed Boatman died in 1892, leaving a will, which was duly admitted to probate in Edgar county in the same year. He left no widow, and as his only children and heirs-at-law his sons, Mark Boatman, George Boatman, John Boatman, Clarence E. Boatman, Charles A. Boatman and Emory M. Boatman, and his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
The contention of appellants is, that the remainder created by the will in the lands in which Emory Boatman was the life tenant was a contingent remainder, for the reason it could not be known until the death of Emory in whom the remainder would vest. This view is erroneous. The testator had six sons and two daughters, all living at the date of the will and at his death. The second clause of the will charged George Boatman, one of his sons, with advancements in the sum of $4000, and Emory, another son, with advancements in the sum of $482. The third clause devised to Pet Dora, one of his…
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