Purl v. Purl

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The appeal was taken from a judgment of the district court based on an interpretation of a will, the decision being that a remainder to children of a life tenant, if he had any living, was contingent until death of the life tenant.

Thomas C. Purl made the will in the year 1880. The will begins as follows:

“Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas C. Purl, of Carrolton, in the county of Greene and state of Illinois, being in good health and of sound mind, do make this, my last will and testament, that my land at my death shall be divided…