Legal Opinion

Townsend v. Radcliffe

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1867PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese

This was a bill in chancery in the St. Clair Circuit Court, brought by Alfred Townsend and others, claiming to be the legal representatives of Haney Eadcliffe, deceased, against her surviving husband, William J. Radcliffe, for a discovery of all the personal property belonging to deceased as her separate property at the time of her death, and to decree the same to complainants as the heirs at law and distributees of deceased. The bill also prayed that defendant, who had administered upon the estate of the deceased, would account to them for all moneys he had received belonging to her as…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stewart v. StewartNew York Court of Chancery · 1823
  2. Baldwin v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1845
  3. Wilson v. BatesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1856

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Jordan's Adm'r v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
  2. Welch v. WorsleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Dougherty v. HughesIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Lockwood v. MoffettIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Paul v. WeberAppellate Court of Illinois · 1921

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