Legal Opinion
Tilton v. Tilton
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 16, 1943No. 26960. Decree affirmedPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilson
A decree of the circuit court of Carroll county construed the will of Richard Z. Tilton, deceased, and ordered partition of a parcel of real estate among his widow, his son and his daughter. The son and daughter appeal directly, a freehold being necessarily involved.
Richard Z. Tilton, a resident of Morrison, in White-side county, died testate on March 6, 1939. He left surviving as his only heirs-at-law, his widow, Lou B. Tilton, and his children by a former marriage, Pierce B. Tilton, and Mona Maude Vogel. The last will and testament of the decedent was admitted to probate by the county court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Richards v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Tea v. MillenIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- Burns v. First National BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
- Ellis v. DumondIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- Hill v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
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3Cited by16 opinions
- In Re Estate of ReeveIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
- Glaser v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1946
- Geiger v. GeerIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
- In re Estate of BoyarIllinois Supreme Court · 2013
- In Re Estate Of Florence Voelzel Kerr, A/K/A Florence V. Kerr, Deceased. Ralph L. Atchison, Administrator, C.T.A.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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