Legal Opinion

Martin v. Martin

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 24, 1898PublishedCited by 44 opinions

Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Kendall county; the Hon. C. W. Upton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

The parties hereto are executors and executrix of the last will and testament of Edward Martin, deceased. They filed a joint petition in the county court of Kendall county, in which they represented that the executrix, 'Serena M. Martin, had in her possession, as an individual, a note executed by the Catholic bishop of Chicago to the decedent for the sum of $5500, and also another note executed by the Catholic bishop of St. Joseph, Missouri, to the said decedent, for the sum of $15,000, and that she claimed the notes as her individual property, and that the executors of the deceased claimed…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Curtiss v. MartinIllinois Supreme Court · 1858

3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Rothwell v. TaylorIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. HillAppellate Court of Illinois · 1961
  3. Brooks v. WorthingtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
  4. Kerner v. PetersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1937
  5. Kempski v. HisgenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1936

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