Lawrence v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. Appellees, the children and heirs-at-law of Alonzo C. Wood, deceased, filed their bill in equity in the circuit court of Cook county to set aside as null and void the last will of said Wood, on the ground that in all its substantial provisions it violated the rule against perpetuities.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. Appellees, the children and heirs-at-law of Alonzo C. Wood, deceased, filed their bill in equity in the circuit court of Cook county to set aside as null and void the last will of said Wood, on the ground that in all its substantial provisions it violated the rule against perpetuities. The circuit court, upon a hearing upon bill, cross-bill, answers and replications, granted the prayer of the bill and entered a decree declaring the will void, except as to the sixth and seventh clauses and the provision…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Able and exhaustive arguments have been made by-counsel on both sides of this case, and so directed that, with the opinion of the learned chancellor who heard the case in the court below, we have been relieved of much labor that would otherwise have been imposed upon us. Separate briefs have been filed by the several counsel for appellants, in all of which it is conceded, and which appears plain, that the will, in some of its provisions, violates the rule against perpetuities, though counsel differ somewhat as to which one or more of the provisions is or are affected with that vice, and also…
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