Legal Opinion

Lawrence v. Lawrence

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 1912PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. Charles B. Campbell, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Dunn

The circuit court of Kankakee county held, in a suit to' construe the will of Louis Lawrence, deceased, that the forty acres of land in controversy in this case, being the east half of the west half of the south-west quarter of section 29, town 32, north, range 12, east of the third principal meridian, passed by the following clause in the will:

“Second—I give and devise to my wife, Louise Margaret Lawrence, the home farm, known as the north-west quarter of section No. 32, -in township No. 32, range 12, east, in Kankakee county, and State of Illinois; also the south-east half of the south-west…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Myers v. LaddIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
  2. Graves v. RoseIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Emmert v. HaysIllinois Supreme Court · 1878

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Stevenson v. StevensonIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Daniel v. CrusenburyIllinois Supreme Court · 1917

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