Davis v. Stambaugh
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McDonough county; the Hon. Charles J. Scofield, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
The bill alleges, in substance, that on and prior to September 20, 1892, Adam Stambaugh was the owner of certain described tracts of land which were reasonably worth §120,000; that he was seventy-four years of age and suffering from an incurable disease, and anticipated an early death; that he reposed great confidence in his wife, Emma Stambaugh, to whom he had been married since September, 1863; that he desired and undertook to divide his real estate equitably between his said wife and his three children and heirs-at-law, Artemisa Davis, Sabina Griffith and Hattie Rodgers; that said Adam and…
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