Lynn v. Lynn
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from, the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Probate Court of Cook county; the Hon. J. C. Knickerbocker, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from, the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Probate Court of Cook county; the Hon. J. C. Knickerbocker, Judge, presiding. This was a petition filed in the probate court of Cook county, by Ellen Lynn, administratrix of the estate of George Lynn, deceased, to sell the east half of the south-west quarter of section 16, township 40, north, range 12, east, in Cook county, to pay the debts which had been probated against the estate of George Lynn, deceased. Mary Ann Lynn, widow of William Lynn, Sr., and the children of Ellen Gardner, William Lynn…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
William Lynn, Sr., originally owned the east half of the south-west quarter of section 16, township 40, north, range 12, east, in Cook county. In the year 1872 he executed a will, in which he devised the land to his son, George Lynn. After the making of the will, on the fifth day of" June, 1873, William Lynn, Sr., by warranty deed, conveyed the premises to James Gardner, in trust, for the benefit of an imbecile daughter. The deed was executed by William Lynn and Mary Ann, his wife, acknowledged before a notary public, as required by law, recorded on the 13th day of June, 1873, and contained…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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