Cruce v. Cruce
Illinois Supreme Court
Tee facts of this case are set out in the opinion of Mr. Justice Breese. The Circuit Court of Union county, at April term, 1856, reversed the judgment of the County Court, which was in favor of the claims of the widow, and adjudged that Adam Cruce, administrator of Peter Cruce, deceased, should pay the money which came into his hands from the sale of the real estate of said deceased, after paying the first and second class claims, to the present guardians of the children…
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Tee facts of this case are set out in the opinion of Mr. Justice Breese. The Circuit Court of Union county, at April term, 1856, reversed the judgment of the County Court, which was in favor of the claims of the widow, and adjudged that Adam Cruce, administrator of Peter Cruce, deceased, should pay the money which came into his hands from the sale of the real estate of said deceased, after paying the first and second class claims, to the present guardians of the children instead of to the widow of Peter Cruce.
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
The record shows the following facts agreed upon by the parties. First, That the intestate, Peter Cruce, in his lifetime, was the guardian of Lucinda and Philip Cruce. That he died intestate, in 1852, and that defendant is his administrator. That at the time of his death he had in his hands money of his said wards, to the amount of three hundred and forty-six dollars and eighty-three cents—one hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty-five cents, part thereof, being money of Lucinda, and the balance, being one hundred and sixty-four dollars and twenty-eight cents, the money of Philip. That the…
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