Ring v. Lawless
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Scott county; the Hon. O. P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Jeremiah Ring, Sr., died March 17, 1894, leaving him surviving Ann Ring, his wife, three sons, Jeremiah, Jr., James and William, and two daughters, Bridget Lawless and Ellen Woodall. A writing purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased was presented to the county court of Scott county and admitted to probate.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Scott county; the Hon. O. P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Jeremiah Ring, Sr., died March 17, 1894, leaving him surviving Ann Ring, his wife, three sons, Jeremiah, Jr., James and William, and two daughters, Bridget Lawless and Ellen Woodall. A writing purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased was presented to the county court of Scott county and admitted to probate. The will bequeathed to each of said daughters of the testator the sum of five dollars, and bequeathed and devised all his real property and the remainder of the personal property…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
The theory of the bill is, that said Jeremiah Ring, Sr., was, at and before the year 1867, (the date of the first conveyance sought to be avoided,) and from thenceforth, continuously, during the remainder of his lifetime, lacking in mental power to make a valid disposition of his property, either by deed or will; that during that period of time the appellant Jeremiah, Jr., received two deeds for real estate from him, the appellant James three deeds, the appellants William and James one deed, the appellants Jeremiah, Jr., and William one deed, and the appellant William one deed; that all of…
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