Stetson v. Stetson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal, from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. W. H. Gest, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery, filed in the circuit court of Bureau county by the appellants, John O. Stetson, Anna Stetson, Emma J. Chandler and David Chandler, against the appellees, Ezra Sherman Stetson, Merriam Stetson, Joseph M. Stetson, Hannah Stetson, James B. Stetson, Sarah Stetson and Ezra Sherman Stetson, executor of the last will and testament of Jesse Stetson, deceased, praying…
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Appeal, from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. W. H. Gest, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery, filed in the circuit court of Bureau county by the appellants, John O. Stetson, Anna Stetson, Emma J. Chandler and David Chandler, against the appellees, Ezra Sherman Stetson, Merriam Stetson, Joseph M. Stetson, Hannah Stetson, James B. Stetson, Sarah Stetson and Ezra Sherman Stetson, executor of the last will and testament of Jesse Stetson, deceased, praying that the will of Jesse Stetson, deceased, bearing date December 3, 1897, and admitted to probate June 5, 1899, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
In the case at bar, Jesse Stetson died testate on April 27, 1899, leaving a will, dated December 3,1897, and executed by him on that day in accordance with the statute in such cases made and provided. This will was found after his death uncanceled and among his papers in the Citizens’ National Bank of Princeton in Bureau county, with which bank the deceased was in the habit of dbing business in his lifetime. The will, when found in the bank, was in an envelope, which was sealed. After the death of the testator it was taken by the president of the bank to the judge of the county court, where…
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