Legal Opinion

Young v. Wittenmyre

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 19, 1888PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Probate Court of Cook county; the Hon. J. C. Knickebbockeb, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This is an appeal from a decree of the probate court of Cook county, which ordered the sale of certain real estate to pay the debts of the estate of William Wittenmyre, deceased.

William Wittenmyre was a resident of Cook county, and died intestate, in Cook county, January 4, Í879, leaving a Widow, Susan C. Wittenmyre, appellee here, and two children by a former wife, Sallie A. Young and Charles A. Wittenmyre, his only heirs-at-law. On the 14th day of January, 1879, the widow, on her petition, was appointed administratrix of the estate by the probate court of Cook county. Wittenmyre, prior to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Stevens v. GaylordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1814
  2. Probate Court v. KimballSupreme Court of Vermont · 1869

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Smith v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Yost v. FitzgeraldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1958
  3. Dickinson v. BeldenIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Ramsay v. RamsayIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Headen v. CohnIllinois Supreme Court · 1920

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