Whiton v. Whiton
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Abner Smith, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity brought in the circuit court of Cook county on February 10, 1897, by Lander Kirke Whiton and Walter Starr Whiton, against their sister, Louise Whiton.
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Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Abner Smith, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity brought in the circuit court of Cook county on February 10, 1897, by Lander Kirke Whiton and Walter Starr Whiton, against their sister, Louise Whiton. The bill alleges that complainants are the children of Henry K. Whiton, deceased, who died July 14, 1886, leaving complainants, Vernon Cong'er Whiton, and defendant, Louise Whiton, children by his wife, Louise L. Whiton, and Arthur L. Whiton, a child…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The first question for consideration is, whether the agreement set out in the bill of complaint, between Lander Kirke Whiton and Walter Starr Whiton, the complainants, and their mother, Louise L. Whiton, is sufficiently certain and definite to be enforced in a court of equity. The agreement set up in the bill is, in substance, that Louise L. Whiton, the widow of Henry K. Whiton, having received more than she was entitled to receive in accordance with the will of her husband and the condition of the estate, desired the executors and trustees of the estate to pay her §12,000 more, which they…
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