Calvert v. Carpenter
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District: the Hon. Nathaniel J. Pillsbury, presiding Justice, and the Hon. Geo. W. Pleasants and Hon. Lyman Lacy, Justices;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. A. A. Smith, Judge, presiding. . .... . . ..
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District: the Hon. Nathaniel J. Pillsbury, presiding Justice, and the Hon. Geo. W. Pleasants and Hon. Lyman Lacy, Justices;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. A. A. Smith, Judge, presiding. . .... . . .. This was a bill in chancery, filed by appellant, Josephine Calvert, in the Henry county circuit court, against appellees, to contest the validity of the will of the mother of appellant, Lydia W; Naudain, who died at Philadelphia on the 6th of July, 1873, on the alleged grounds of a want of testamentary…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
Two questions are presented by the record before us. First, did the Appellate Court err in reversing the decree of the circuit court? Second, after a verdict and decree in favor of appellant, had the Appellate Court, admitting the decree to be erroneous, power to dismiss the bill and enter a final judgment in that court? Preliminary to passing upon the question whether the Appellate Court erred in reversing the decree of the circuit court, it may be proper to advert to the doctrine of this court with respect to the effect of the verdict of a jury in cases of this character.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
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