Legal Opinion

King v. King

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1905PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Writ op Error-to the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. H. M. Trimbtp, Judge, presiding. This is a writ of error, sued out from this court on November 23, 1904, for the purpose of reviewing a decree entered by the circuit court of LaSalle county on November 1, 1899, and certain orders entered, in pursuance of proceedings under said decree, in December, 1899, and February and March, 1900. The material facts are as follows: On September 26, 1899, Michael Noonan filed a…

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Writ op Error-to the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. H. M. Trimbtp, Judge, presiding. This is a writ of error, sued out from this court on November 23, 1904, for the purpose of reviewing a decree entered by the circuit court of LaSalle county on November 1, 1899, and certain orders entered, in pursuance of proceedings under said decree, in December, 1899, and February and March, 1900. The material facts are as follows: On September 26, 1899, Michael Noonan filed a bill in the circuit court of LaSalle county against the plaintiff in error, Mary Agnes King, and her husband, Fred R.…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

The mortgage, executed by the plaintiff in error and her husband to Michael Noonan, purported to convey to the mortgagee a fee simple title in the premises mortgaged; but the decree of the court below found that the plaintiff in error, when she executed the mortgage, had only a life estate in the mortgaged premises. The first question, therefore, which will be considered, is whether or not the will of William H. Galvin was properly construed by the court below, as vesting plaintiff in error with a life estate only. She now claims before this court that, upon a proper construction of the will,…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Hale v. HaleIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Mullarky v. . SullivanNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. Kohtz v. EldredIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Knickerbocker v. McKindley Coal & Mining Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Parsons v. MillarIllinois Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. United States v. Stadium Apartments, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
  2. Rosehill Cemetery Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Fifer v. AllenIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Rees v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
  5. Upshaw v. EubankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933

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