Brack v. Boyd
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Williamson county; the Hon. Joseph P. Robarts, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed in the circuit court of Williamson county, praying for a partition of certain lands.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Williamson county; the Hon. Joseph P. Robarts, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed in the circuit court of Williamson county, praying for a partition of certain lands. One Allen Lewis Ralls, being the owner in fee of the north-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section 5 and the north-west quarter of the north-west quarter of section 8, except one-half acre in the north-west corner of the last named tract, all in township 9, south, range 3, east of the third principal meridian, in Williamson county, died November 11,1887, testate,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The decree is attacked on three grounds: First, the alleged invalidity of the order of adoption; second, the alleged defects in the record of the probate of the will; and third, the finding that the widow of Allen L. Ralls had waived her right to the widow’s award.
The record of the probate of the will is found in will record “B,” on page 74 of records of the county court of Williamson county. The convening order is as follows:
"State of Illinois, L In the Williamson County Court, Williamson County. ( ss‘ In Probate, Nov. Term, A. D. 1887.
‘ ‘On Monday, the 6th day of November, in the year of…
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