Fisher v. Easton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. Robert K. Welsh, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan
Horace F. Mather died testate January 13, 1914, leaving no surviving widow but leaving surviving him Lillie Easton and Mary C. Burch, (the latter being referred to in his will as Mae C. Burch,) his two daughters and sole heirs-at-law. He died seized in fee of the real property described in the second clause of his will. Mae C. Burch was forty-seven years of age in 1920, when this suit was brought, had been married to William C. Burch sixteen years, had no children or descendants of children and had no prospect of a child being born to her in the near future. The testator executed his will…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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