Simpson v. Simpson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Geoege Gabdneb, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District, reversing a decree of the Superior Court of Cook county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Geoege Gabdneb, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District, reversing a decree of the Superior Court of Cook county. The case was submitted to the Appellate Court upon the following agreed state of facts: That John Simpson, Sr., departed this life intestate, December 3, 1880, leaving him surviving, his widow, and John Simpson, Jr., Andrew Simpson, George Simpson and Charles Simpson, his sons, and Rhoda…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
It is well settled by the decisions of this court, that if Amos P. Simpson, the son of John Simpson, Sr., deceased, were now in life, he would himself, as heir, be barred of all claim and interest in his father’s estate, from the acceptance by him from his father of a conveyance of real estate in full satisfaction of his share, as heir, in his father’s estate. (Parsons v. Ely, 45 Ill. 232; Bishop v. Davenport, 58 id. 105; Galbraith v. McLain, 84 id. 379; Kershaw v. Kershaw, 102 id. 307.) Are the children and heirs of Amos P. Simpson in like manner barred, he having died in the lifetime of his…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Parsons v. ElyIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
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