Crossman v. Keister
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the °Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. William C. Johns, Judge, presiding. Samuel Weaver, a wealthy farmer of Macon county, Illinois, died at his home in that county on the gth day of March, 1905, at the age of eighty years. He left surviving him his widow, Sarah Weaver, and his children, Nancy Keister, Catharine Lehman, Susan F. Crossman, Alfred Weaver and Charles Weaver.
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Appeal from the °Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. William C. Johns, Judge, presiding. Samuel Weaver, a wealthy farmer of Macon county, Illinois, died at his home in that county on the gth day of March, 1905, at the age of eighty years. He left surviving him his widow, Sarah Weaver, and his children, Nancy Keister, Catharine Lehman, Susan F. Crossman, Alfred Weaver and Charles Weaver. Samuel Weaver being in feeble health and believing he would not live a great while, about December 10, 1904, executed deeds conveying to his children, except Alfred Weaver, and to Arthur Weaver, a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
There is very little controversy as to the facts in this case. The proof on behalf- of complainants in the amended bill was, that when Mrs. Crossman made and delivered the deed for the half section in controversy back to her father and received from him a conveyance to the whole section, her father told her he could not very well divide the section on account of the way it was watered, and that he thought best to give her the section and Nancy Keister the half section; that at that time Samuel Weaver told Mrs. Crossman if he died without the deed having been recorded he wanted said deed given…
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