Leslie v. Moser
Illinois Supreme Court
- Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
George Leslie, of Chicago, died March 23, 1887, leaving Jane H., his widow, and Mary J. Moser, Belle Leslie, Agnes M. Alton and Laura L. Clancy, daughters, and John H. Leslie, George H. Leslie and Charles C. L. Leslie, sons, his only children, to whom he willed all his property. Among other bequests to the widow, who was named as executrix of the will, was a gift of $1500 a year, to be paid her in quarterly payments of §375. She and the seven children agreed that $25,000 of the assets of the estate should be invested for the purpose of raising this annuity. This action in chancery was brought…
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