Legal Opinion

Schwitters v. Barnes

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 16, 1910PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. John H. Moeeett, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke

Heiio Schwitters died testate in Woodford county on October 24, 1900. He devised all his property, real and personal, to three trustees, (naming them,) to manage, control and invest as they should deem best, giving them full power and authority to sell and convey any of the personal or real estate and to invest the proceeds. He directed that his wife, Dorothy Schwitters, should be paid the whole of the income from the property during her lifetime or as long as she remained his widow, and that in case she should marry she be paid one-half of the income. The wife was made guardian of the minor…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Malaer v. HudgensIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Nevitt v. WoodburnIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  3. VanTassell v. WakefieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1905

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Schwitters v. BarnesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910

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