Buckingham v. Morrison
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. John Buckingham died testate on August 21, 1881, leaving a widow, Kate M. Buckingham, and three sons, John, Harry and Clifford, and two daughters, Alice B. Morrison, wife of Daniel W. Morrison, and Eva Buckingham. Alice B. Morrison has two infant children, William Morrison and Eva Morrison.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. John Buckingham died testate on August 21, 1881, leaving a widow, Kate M. Buckingham, and three sons, John, Harry and Clifford, and two daughters, Alice B. Morrison, wife of Daniel W. Morrison, and Eva Buckingham. Alice B. Morrison has two infant children, William Morrison and Eva Morrison. This is a bill filed on April 6, 1887, in the Circuit Court of Cook County hy the present appellants, Ebenezer Buckingham and Ebenezer B. Convers, as trustees under the will of John Buckingham, against the widow and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
No question arises as to the validity or invalidity of any of ;the provisions in the lease executed by the railroad company to the firm of J. & E. Buckingham, nor is there any controversy as to the interests of the widow and the three sons in the estate of the testator. The only matter in dispute relates to the interests of the testator’s two daughters, Alice B. Morrison and Eva Buckingham. By the will, there is a general bequest of a share in the residue of the estate to trustees for the benefit of each of said daughters for life with remainder over. Each is to have only the “income” of her…
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