Legal Opinion

Tolley v. Wilson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 15, 1939No. 24931. Decree affirmedPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilson

A decree entered by the circuit court of Fulton county construed the last will and testament of Elizabeth Wilson and ordered partition of certain real estate. Seven children, and the heirs-at-law of two other children of the deceased brothers and sisters of the testatrix, prosecute this appeal.

Elizabeth Wilson, a resident of Fulton county, died testate on October 27, 1877. She left surviving as her only heirs-at-law, Samuel Wilson, her husband, who died in 1889, and Charles W. Wilson, their son and only child. Two half-brothers, six brothers and sisters of the whole blood, and children of two…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cole v. ColeIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  2. Himmel v. HimmelIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  3. Gannon v. PetersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  4. People v. CampIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Askins v. MerrittIllinois Supreme Court · 1912

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Gale v. York Center Community Cooperative, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Sloan v. BeattyIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Phelps v. SeeleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Shelby v. Sun Express, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  5. Trabue v. GillhamIllinois Supreme Court · 1951

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