Jennings v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
The order dismissing the petition was entered at March term, 1862. The following statement and stipulation is a part of the record: This is a petition for dower in the lands of Levi Jennings, deceased. The petition was filed August, 1861. The defendant files general demurrer to the petition. The Circuit Court sustained the demurrer, and dismissed the petition.
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The order dismissing the petition was entered at March term, 1862. The following statement and stipulation is a part of the record: This is a petition for dower in the lands of Levi Jennings, deceased. The petition was filed August, 1861. The defendant files general demurrer to the petition. The Circuit Court sustained the demurrer, and dismissed the petition. The petition of Mary Jennings stipulates, that her husband, Levi Jennings, died December, 1859, leaving a will, which was admitted to probate in February, 1860. That she is a legatee in said will. That she has not renounced her claim…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This was a petition for the assignment of dower. A demurrer was interposed which was sustained by the court, and the bill was dismissed. The petitioner alleges that she was legally married to the testator in the year 1816, and that he died about the 28th of December, 1859, leaving a will which was duly proved, and admitted to record, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit. The material portions of which are as follows:
“ Item Second. I desire that the sale of my personal estate take place in June next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and the proceeds thereof, after paying all just…
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