Sharp v. Watkins Bradshaw
Illinois Supreme Court
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…
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