Bennett v. Whitman
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a petition, filed by Samuel Bennett and Hiram Whitman, executors, and Matilda Whitman, executrix, of Seth S. Whitman, deceased, against C. Golden Whitman, Ogden H. Whitman, Julia H. Whitman and Charles N. Whitman, in the Boone Circuit Court, setting forth, That on or about the 1st of January, 1851, Seth S. Whitman, formerly a resident of Boone county, died at Janesville, in Wisconsin, seized of certain real estate situate in Boone and Winnebago counties, giving its…
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This was a petition, filed by Samuel Bennett and Hiram Whitman, executors, and Matilda Whitman, executrix, of Seth S. Whitman, deceased, against C. Golden Whitman, Ogden H. Whitman, Julia H. Whitman and Charles N. Whitman, in the Boone Circuit Court, setting forth, That on or about the 1st of January, 1851, Seth S. Whitman, formerly a resident of Boone county, died at Janesville, in Wisconsin, seized of certain real estate situate in Boone and Winnebago counties, giving its description. That letters testamentary had been granted to the complainants, as executors of the last will of said Seth…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This was an application, by the executors of the last will of Seth Whitman, to the Boone Circuit Court, for license to sell real estate to pay debts. Also for a sale, for the support of the widow and family of the testator, and to obtain a construction of the will, and to be released from the erection of a house for a residence for the family, as required by the third clause of the will. The application was entitled as a petition, and was addressed to the judge of the circuit, and not to the chancellor. The executors call themselves petitioners, throughout the application. Service was had by…
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