Strawn v. Strawn
Illinois Supreme Court
• Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Charles- D. Hodges, Judge, presiding. This was an appeal from the county court of Morgan county, to the circuit court, involving a question in regard to the character and amount of the special dower for the widow of Jacob. Strawn, deceased.
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• Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Charles- D. Hodges, Judge, presiding. This was an appeal from the county court of Morgan county, to the circuit court, involving a question in regard to the character and amount of the special dower for the widow of Jacob. Strawn, deceased. Upon the hearing in the circuit court, the original appraisement bill was given in evidence on behalf of the widow, as follows: The special dower reported and estimated by the appraisers, was as follows: Necessary beds and bedding for the widow and family........$ 400.00 Necessary household and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court, determining the special dower of Phebe G. Strawn, widow of Jacob Strawn, the case having been carried to that court from the county court. Jacob .Strawn died on the twenty-third of August, 1865, leaving an estate valued at $500,000, and eight children, of whom three were the offspring of a former wife, and five were the children of appellee. They were all of age, but four of the. five children made the widow’s house their home, though traveling much of the time during the year succeeding their father’s death. The homestead occupied by the…
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