Boyle v. Boyle
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Grundy county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding'. This was a petition filed in the county court of Grundy county by Lawrence Boyle, in which he alleged that Joseph'Boyle, a brother of petitioner, died on the 16th day of January, 1894, leaving him surviving petitioner, and Mary Boyle and Kate Houlehan, his only brother and sisters; that he was at the time of his death a single man, without issue, and without father or mother, and of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Grundy county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding'. This was a petition filed in the county court of Grundy county by Lawrence Boyle, in which he alleged that Joseph'Boyle, a brother of petitioner, died on the 16th day of January, 1894, leaving him surviving petitioner, and Mary Boyle and Kate Houlehan, his only brother and sisters; that he was at the time of his death a single man, without issue, and without father or mother, and of about the age of fifty years; that at the time of his death he was the owner and possessed of certain valuable real…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
It is conceded by the parties that on or about the fourth day of January, 1893, Joseph Boyle, in company with his brother, Lawrence Boyle, called -at the office of E. L. Clover, in Morris, and there executed a will, in which he devised to his nephew, Lawrence Andrew Boyle, second son of Lawrence Boyle, upon certain terms and conditions therein named, all of his real estate. The will was witnessed by E. L. Clover and H. C. Gifford, and left with Clover for safe keeping. It is also established, beyond controversy, that some time in the summer or fall of 1893, Joseph, in company with his sister…
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