Booth v. Tabbernor
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of De Kalb County; the Hon. Charles Kellum, Judge, presiding. On October 21, 1884, Thomas Turner died in De Kalb County, at the residence of the appellant. He had made a will in May, 1884, by which he had, after making several specific legacies, made the appellee and his brother, James Tabbernor, residuary legatees.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of De Kalb County; the Hon. Charles Kellum, Judge, presiding. On October 21, 1884, Thomas Turner died in De Kalb County, at the residence of the appellant. He had made a will in May, 1884, by which he had, after making several specific legacies, made the appellee and his brother, James Tabbernor, residuary legatees. His property consisted, as shown by the inventory, of real estate of the value of §1,000 and personal property consisting almost entirely of promissory notes of the value of about $2,500. His will was duly probated. On the 21st day of March, 1885,…
1Opinion of the CourtWelch, J.
The three chief points made and insisted on by the appellant, for the reversal of ihis judgment, are: 1st. That Booth was a competent witness to facts occurring before the death of Thomas Turner, deceased. 2d. That he was a competent witness to testify that a part of the personal property in question was given to his wife prior to the death of Turner; and that the silver watch in question was given to his son by Turner. 3d. That Booth was a competent witness to testify to the amount of money there was in the pocketbook in question immediately after the death of Turner. We shall notice the…
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