Ransdell v. Boston
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding. Plaintiff in error filed his bill in the court below to set aside certain conditions in the last will of his father, Eli C. Ransdell.
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding. Plaintiff in error filed his bill in the court below to set aside certain conditions in the last will of his father, Eli C. Ransdell. The facts alleged in the bill material to a decision of the case are as follows: Eli C. Ransdell died testate August 28,1880, leaving him surviving Ann Ransdell, his widow, plaintiff in error, John P. Ransdell, his son, and Louisa Boston, his daughter, the latter having a son, William Boston, and a daughter, Olga May Robinson. On July 10 prior to his death he executed…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
As will be seen by the foregoing statement, the relief prayed in the bill is based upon the allegation that the condition named in the fourth and fifth clauses of the will of Eli C. Ransdell, upon which the complainant should become the absolute owner of the property mentioned, is contrary to good morals, against public policy, and therefore void. In support of the proposition, the rule announced in 1 Story’s Eq. Jur. sec. 291a, and authorities there cited, 2 Redfield on Wills, 293, Conrad v. Lowry, 33 Mich. 78, and Pomeroy’s Eq. Jur. sec. 933, note 1, is relied upon. The language of Judge…
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