Ravenscroft v. Stull
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the City Court of Mattoon; the Hon. John McNutt, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The appellee, Mary Alice Ravenscroft, the only child and heir-at-law of Thomas Gorman, filed her bill in this case in the city court of the city of Mattoon against the appellants, the executor, legatees and devisees under the will of her father, by which he devised to Catherine Stull his residence property in the city of Mattoon and bequeathed to her his building and loan stock remaining after the payment of a mortgage on the property, made bequests of $50 to the Roman Catholic church for masses, $10 to his daughter, the complainant, Mary Alice Ravenscroft, $1500 to his sister, Mary Hayes,…
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