Legal Opinion
Hinckley v. Caldwell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 4, 1962No. Gen. 11,590PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtSpivey, P. J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Knox County, Illinois, construing the last will and testament of Clarissa N. Hinckley, deceased.
Clarissa N. Hinckley died January 15, 1928, leaving a will dated September 18, 1914, with codicil thereto dated February 9, 1922.
The applicable portions of the codicil to Clarissa N. Hinckley’s will, after devising a fractional eighty acres of land to Ada Hinckley Chapman for life, then to Pluma E. Hinckley for life, and at the death of the survivor to be sold and the proceeds divided, provided :
“(b)----
“One-half thereof shall be divided,…
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