Fowler v. Gordon
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Probate Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles S. Cutting, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
This is an appeal by the petitioner. Administrator de bonis ñon with the will annexed of Mathew Gordon, deceased, from an order of the Probate Court sustaining the demurrer of certain defendants, devisees under said will, to a petition by said administrator for leave to sell real estate to pay the debts of said testator and dismissing the petition. Mathew Gordon died testate July 11, 1898, and his will was probated and letters issued August 30, 1898. The original petition was filed August 1, 1906.
There is no statute limiting the time for filing a petition to sell real estate to pay debts, but…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Crane v. StaffordIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Bonney v. LambIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
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- Payne v. State BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1924