Daly v. Daly
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; the Hon. F. J. Stransky, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stone
Appellants filed their bill asking construction of the fifth clause of the will of John Daly, deceased, averring that that clause should be construed to mean that the land designated therein should be sold either to James or William Daly or others at its market value and not at the price of $60 per acre named in the will. Appellee filed a cross-bill, averring that said clause of the will gave him an option to take the land at the price of $60.per acre if he so desired; that he had exercised that option, and prayed that the will be so construed as to vest in him the title to the land, subject…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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