Rankin v. Rankin
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Eulton county; the Hon. C. L. Higbee, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed at the July term, 1859, of the Circuit Court, by the defendant in error as heir of John Rankin, deceased, against the plaintiffs in error, for the purpose of setting aside a sale and deed of real estate made by the executors of John Rankin, under which the plaintiffs in error claimed the title.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Eulton county; the Hon. C. L. Higbee, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed at the July term, 1859, of the Circuit Court, by the defendant in error as heir of John Rankin, deceased, against the plaintiffs in error, for the purpose of setting aside a sale and deed of real estate made by the executors of John Rankin, under which the plaintiffs in error claimed the title. On a final hearing, there was a decree in accordance with the prayer of the petition, and the defendants below sued out a writ of error. The facts are stated in the opinion of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
In 1852 John Rankin died, in Fulton county, leaving a will, which contained the following clause: “ My farm, thirty-five acres and upwards, to be disposed of to the very best advantage, either in a body or divided into lots, and the proceeds thereof to be divided into four equal parts, as follows: One-fourth to be divided equally among and given to the heirs of my son Stephen; one-fourth to be given to my son William; one-fourth to be given to my son Rhodes; and one-fourth, or the balance of the proceeds of said land, to be given to my daughter Abigail.” He appointed, as his executors, his…
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