Legal Opinion
Williams v. Fulton
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 18, 1954No. 33302PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Maxwell
Plaintiffs-appellants appeal directly to this court from a decree of the circuit court of Moultrie County dismissing for want of equity a bill for partition and accounting. A freehold being involved, this appeal properly comes to this court.
Barnabas W. Fulton died testate in Moultrie County on January 10, 1895, leaving surviving him a widow and two sons, vis: Barney Fulton, a son by a former marriage, and the defendant, Isaac W. Fulton, a son by his last marriage.
The will of Barnabas W. Fulton, which was duly admitted to probate in Moultrie County, by its first paragraph devised to the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Wilcox v. BierdIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
- Sloan v. BeattyIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
- Heitzig v. GoettenIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
- Steele v. SteeleIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Clarke v. ClarkeIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Mercer v. WaymanIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
- Breault v. FeigenholtzAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970
- In Re Estate of FederAppellate Court of Illinois · 1971
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