Miller v. Meers
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. Plaintiffs in error, the seven children of William P. Bissell, filed their bill in equity in the circuit court of Will county, against defendants in error, as executors and trustees under the last will of Martin C. Bissell, deceased, and against William Grinton and others, to compel the delivery to complainants of a deed executed to them by said Martin, in his lifetime, for certain…
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. Plaintiffs in error, the seven children of William P. Bissell, filed their bill in equity in the circuit court of Will county, against defendants in error, as executors and trustees under the last will of Martin C. Bissell, deceased, and against William Grinton and others, to compel the delivery to complainants of a deed executed to them by said Martin, in his lifetime, for certain real estate situated in Joliet, called the “Bissell Hotel property,” and to confirm and establish the title to said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The controverted question in this case is, did the title to the hotel property, subject to the lease to William P. Bissell, vest in plaintiffs in error by virtue of the deed of Martin C. Bissell and wife, or did the deed fail to take effect because of non-delivery. • The first question to be determined is, whether or not the trial court erred in the admission of the testimony of the witnesses Clin and William P. Bissell.
Judge Olin, who drew the will of Martin C. Bissell, was permitted, against the objection of the plaintiffs, to testify that the testator, in making up the list of his property…
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