Sowards v. Pritchett
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. Samuel L. Bichmohd, Judge, presiding. It was provided in the last will and testament of Henry Sowards, that as soon as convenient after his youngest son, Edward E. Sowards, should arrive at his majority, the lands ■ belonging to the estate should be sold, and the proceeds divided among the then surviving children of the. testator.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. Samuel L. Bichmohd, Judge, presiding. It was provided in the last will and testament of Henry Sowards, that as soon as convenient after his youngest son, Edward E. Sowards, should arrive at his majority, the lands ■ belonging to the estate should be sold, and the proceeds divided among the then surviving children of the. testator. Henry Sowards, the testator, having died, and Edward, his youngest son, having attained his majority, the latter exhibited Ms bill in chancery in the court below, against the other devisees, for the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
At the April term, 1863, of the Woodford Circuit Court, plaintiff' in error obtained a decree against defendants in error, authorizing him to sell the land in controversy, under the last will of Henry Sowards, deceased. A sale was made, and afterwards, at the August term of the court, 1864, he filed his report and asked its approval. Exceptions were taken to the sale, and on a hearing they were allowed, the sale set aside, and a new sale ordered. To reverse that decree, this writ of error is prosecuted.
The objections taken to the report of the sale, are, that insufficient notices were given…
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