Legal Opinion
Starr v. Willoughby
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 20, 1905PublishedCited by 37 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. R. D. W. Holder, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
William E. Willoughby died testate on the 18th day of July, 1897, leaving him surviving James A. Willoughby, William H. Willoughby, Mary J. Willoughby and Ida May Willoughby as his children and sole heirs-at-law. By the first paragraph of his will he devised certain lands to his wife, Jane Willoughby, during her natural life;, by the second paragraph he devised certain other lands to James A. Willoughby and his children, and the remaining paragraphs of the will read as follows:
“Third—As soon as practicable after my deceáse I direct that all other real estate owned by me not mentioned in the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by37 opinions
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