Riggs v. Powell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Scott county; the Hon. George W. Herdmae, Judge, presiding. On the 5th day of May, 1889, Starkey B. Powell died at his residence in Winchester, Scott county, testate.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Scott county; the Hon. George W. Herdmae, Judge, presiding. On the 5th day of May, 1889, Starkey B. Powell died at his residence in Winchester, Scott county, testate. By his will, after making specific bequests to various parties, he gaye a certain portion of his- real and personal estate.to Louisa P. Powell, his widow, and the residue of his estate, both real and personal, to Mary C. Puffer, his daughter by a former marriage, and appointed James M. Biggs his executor. •…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
The same briefs and arguments which were used in the Appellate Court and none others are filed in this court, and consequently, no reasons for interfering with the judgment of the trial court which were not urged upon and considered by the Appellate Court are presented here. The question to which most of the evidence heard at the trial was directed, viz, whether Starkey B. Powell’s indorsement of the promissory note in controversy is genuine, being a question of fact, is conclusively settled, adversely to the appellant, by the decision of the Appellate Court. Only the rulings of…
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