Legal Opinion

Sharp v. Watkins Bradshaw

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1937No. 24289. Decree reversedPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shaw

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Christian county by Etta P. Watkins Bradshaw which declared a constructive trust in the property left to her by the terms of her father’s will.

Wilson H. Watkins, a widower, died testate in December, 1930, leaving eight children. By his will he left $250 to one son, one dollar, each, to six of his other children, and the rest of his estate to appellant. The appellee, a daughter, filed a bill in which she alleged that Watkins and his wife owned certain valuable land and that the wife died in 1916; that upon her death Watkins coaxed his…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Neagle v. McMullenIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
  2. Fierke v. Elgin City Banking Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Patton v. GullettIllinois Supreme Court · 1915

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ziarko v. ZiarkoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  2. Finn v. MonkIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Gilbert v. CohnIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Oglesby v. Springfield Marine BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
  5. Vyera Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Walgreen Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2020

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