Legal Opinion

Jones v. Dawson

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 9, 1896Published

Order of Distribution, of money in hands of an administration. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Iroquois County; the Hon. Chables B. Stabb, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lacey

This was a case appealed from the Circuit Court of Iroquois County from an order of the court overruling exceptions to the appellee’s final report as administrator of his father’s estate, and an order of the court ordering distribution according to the recommendations of the report.

The report showed a balance due to the several heirs of the deceased in the aggregate of §3,253.24.

The appellants were two of the heirs of Elisha Dawson, deceased, and excepted to the report, alleging that Elisha Dawson in his lifetime had made advances to his several children and grandchildren as follows: .

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Simpson v. SimpsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Wilkinson v. ThomasIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Wallace v. ReddickIllinois Supreme Court · 1886

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