Heuser v. Harris
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery filed in the Circuit Court of Madison county, by Catherine Heuser and Mary Schneider, the appellants, against Jonathan M. Harris, executor of Henry Seibert, deceased, and the school directors of Hnion district Ho. 4, of town 5, range 6, west of the 3d principal meridian, and the County Court of Madison county, the appellees, to set aside the fourth clause…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery filed in the Circuit Court of Madison county, by Catherine Heuser and Mary Schneider, the appellants, against Jonathan M. Harris, executor of Henry Seibert, deceased, and the school directors of Hnion district Ho. 4, of town 5, range 6, west of the 3d principal meridian, and the County Court of Madison county, the appellees, to set aside the fourth clause contained in the will of the said Seibert, as being void for uncertainty, the same being bequests to said school…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bkeese
About the 6th of February, 1865, one Henry Seibert, then of Madison county, in this State, departed this life, leaving a will, which was duly proved in the probate court of that county. The will bore date, Madison county, October 4, 1862, the fourth clause of which, after appointing Jonathan M. Harris his “administrator,” was as follows: “I do request that the administrator shall sell the land at public auction, to the highest bidder, first giving six months’ notice in the Edwards-ville paper and in one Alton paper, on time, as follows, one and two years credit, etc.; this money is to be…
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