Rudolph v. Rudolph
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William Hartzell, Judge, presiding... This is a bill for partition, accounting, etc., filed on August 28, 1902, (and afterwards amended on June 8, 1908, for the purpose of making Fannie Rudolph a party) by Eliza Rudolph (in-her own behalf and as conservatrix of the estate of Frederick W. Rudolph, deceased), and Minnie A. Rudolph, and Edgar Rudolph, against Herman Rudolph, Aurelia Rudolph, Corinne Rudolph and Fannie…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William Hartzell, Judge, presiding... This is a bill for partition, accounting, etc., filed on August 28, 1902, (and afterwards amended on June 8, 1908, for the purpose of making Fannie Rudolph a party) by Eliza Rudolph (in-her own behalf and as conservatrix of the estate of Frederick W. Rudolph, deceased), and Minnie A. Rudolph, and Edgar Rudolph, against Herman Rudolph, Aurelia Rudolph, Corinne Rudolph and Fannie Thornbury Rudolph. It appears from the pleadings, proofs, and findings of the master and chancellor below, that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The question, presented by the record, is whether or not the circuit court decided correctly in holding that Herman, Edgar and Minnie Rudolph, the children of the testator, Frederick William Rudolph, who were living at the time of his death, were each entitled to one-third of the premises sought to be divided, subject to the life estate of the widow, Eliza A. Rudolph, and in holding that Aurelia Rudolph and Oorinne Rudolph took nothing under said will. In other words, the contention of the appellant is that Herman, Edgar and Minnie Rudolph inherited each an undivided one-fourth of the…
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