Legal Opinion

Nowlan v. Nowlan

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1916PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Stark county ; the Hon. John M. NiRhaus, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke

Michael Nowlan died testate in 1881, seized in fee of certain real estate in "Stark county. The fourth clause of his will was as follows:

“Fourth—To my son William Nowlan I give and devise the following described real estate, to-wit: Lot No. 4 in the southwest quarter of section No. 13, in township No. 13, north, range 4, east, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, containing ten acres more or less; also the following lands in Stark county, Illinois, viz., the north half of the northeast quarter of section No. 28, in township No. 13, north, range No. 5, east of the fourth principal…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kirkland v. CoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
  2. West v. FitzIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Lord v. ComstockIllinois Supreme Court · 1909

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. EmeryIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Hodam v. JordanDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1949

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