Dime Savings & Trust Co. v. Watson
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Clyde E. Stone, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan
The Dime Savings and Trust Company and Leslie Robison, executors of the will of John Green Ballance, deceased, and trustees under its provisions, filed a bill in the circuit court of Peoria county in 1910 to construe said will and to ascertain the validity' of certain provisions thereof which were claimed" to be void because in violation of the rule against perpetuities. On a hearing the circuit court decreed that paragraphs 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the will violated the rule against perpetuities. Six of the heirs of the testator, Julia Ballance Watson, Virginia Ballance Starke, Myrtle…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dime Savings & Trust Co. v. WatsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- Lansingh v. DempsterIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- Doyle v. WilkinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- LaMonte v. KentIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- Barber v. Estate of KeiserIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Montgomery, Hart & Smith v. Dime Savings & Trust Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1919