Legal Opinion

Covey v. Dinsmoor

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 18, 1907PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. F. D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Cartwright. delivered-the opinion of the court:

James Dinsmoor died on August 24, 1903, at his residence in Lowell, Massachusetts, leaving a last will and testament executed August 16, 1902, and leaving his widow, Angie G. Dinsmoor, and his three children, Florence A. Covey, Jarvis Dinsmoor and Alice Dinsmoor, surviving him. By the will he provided for the payment of his debts and funeral expenses and made various bequests and devises to his wife, Angie G. Dinsmoor, and gave his law library and office fixtures to his son, Jarvis Dinsmoor. He then devised the residue of his estate…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Heirs of Wright v. MinshallIllinois Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Adams v. Peabody Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1907
  2. In Re Estate of KrotzschIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
  3. In re the Estate of De StuersNew York Surrogate's Court · 1950
  4. Sternberg v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1946
  5. Retzinger v. RetzingerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1925

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