Hitchcock v. Board of Home Missions
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. N. E. Worthington, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
Burton A. Hitchcock, as executor of the last will and testament of Phebe Rose, deceased, filed a bill in the circuit court of Peoria county to have certain paragraphs of said will construed and asked that a trustee be appointed to receive bequests therein made.
Phebe Rose died September 14, 1904. She was-, and had been for many years before her death, a widow. She left no- children or descendants of children surviving her. She owned a house and lpt in Dunlap, Peoria county, valued at about $1000, and personal property, consisting* chiefly of notes secured by mortgages, valued at $117,000. She…
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