Shea v. Murphy
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding. This was a bill brought by Sarah Shea, Elizabeth Crinigan, Mary A. Gibson and George A. Murphy, against Thomas Murphy and others, to partition certain lands in LaSalle county which originally were owned by Patrick Murphy, who died intestate December 10, 1893, leaving complainants and defendant Thomas Murphy his children and only heirs-at-law.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding. This was a bill brought by Sarah Shea, Elizabeth Crinigan, Mary A. Gibson and George A. Murphy, against Thomas Murphy and others, to partition certain lands in LaSalle county which originally were owned by Patrick Murphy, who died intestate December 10, 1893, leaving complainants and defendant Thomas Murphy his children and only heirs-at-law. The lands consisted of two hundred acres in LaSalle county and one hundred and sixty acres in Kansas. On the 14th day of October, 1893, Patrick Murphy executed…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
While it is true that when the deeds were executed Patrick Murphy was advanced in years and was somewhat feeble in body, and perhaps his mind was not as bright and vigorous as it had been in former years, yet we do not find in the record any satisfactory evidence that he was of unsound mind, or incapable of transacting business such as disposing of property by deeds of conveyance. It appears from the evidence that on the evening of October 11, 1893, he made up his mind to send for some person to prepare deeds. On the next morning he sent the defendant Thomas Murphy to LaSalle for one Haskins,…
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