Legal Opinion

In Re Reifsteck

District Court, E.D. Illinois

Decided April 19, 1947No. 3547-DPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LINDLEY, District Judge.

The trustee seeks to sell the interest of the bankrupt in certain real estate devised to him by his father under his last will and testament. ' The referee, believing the interest created by the will to be contingent and, therefore, not alienable, denied the petition. Thereupon the trustee perfected this review.

The clause under which the interest of the bankrupt is created reads as follows: “After the payment of such funeral expenses and debts I give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Rosa Reifsteck all of my property of whatsoever kind or character of which I…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Ducker v. BurnhamIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Haward v. PeaveyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Golladay v. KnockIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  4. DuBois v. JudyIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  5. Geiger v. GeerIllinois Supreme Court · 1946

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Henkel v. AuchstetterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1949
  2. Young v. First Nat. Bank of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1949

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