Field v. Field
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Denis E. Sullivan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice.Carter
delivered the opinion of the court:.
This was a bill filed in the superior court of Cook county by Marshall Field III. and his sister, Gwendolyn Field, to construe the seventh article of the will of the late Marshall Field, the complainants being grandchildren of the testator. The entire will is a long and carefully prepared document, providing in detail for the distribution of a large estate. While the entire will is found in the record, the fund of which the distribution is here considered was created by the seventh article, which is the part necessary to be more…
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