Hayes v. Hayes
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. G. W. Pleasants, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This is a writ of error to the Rock Island circuit court, to reverse a decree entered therein on the chancery side of that court, in a proceeding commenced by bill on behalf of Amherst Hayes and others, claiming to be the heirs at law of the Rev. Harvey H. Hayes, deceased, and against his widow, Maria B. Hayes, who, with one Carlos L. Bascom, had taken out letters of administration on the estate of the decedent.
It appears by the bill that Dr. Hayes died on the 20th July, 1867, at Rock Island, leaving Maria B. Hayes, his widow, and no child or children, nor descendant of any child, and no…
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