Davenport v. Kirkland
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery county; the Hon. Egbert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
This was a bill in chancery, brought by Thomas C. Kirkland, executor of the last will and testament of Robert Hunter, deceased, to obtain a construction of the will of the testator, and particularly of the second clause of the will. Robert Hunter died January 29, 1891, leaving him surviving Elizabeth Hunter, his widow, and his five children, viz., Margaret Hoisington, Mary Davenport, Martha McPhail, James Hunter and Robert Hunter. By the first clause of his will he gave and devised to Elizabeth Hunter, his widow, §8000 in money and certain real estate, to be accepted by her in lieu of dower,…
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