Morgan v. Whiteside
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the County Court of Johnson county; the Hon. John O. Cowan, Judge, presiding. Heard in this' court at the October term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eagleton
In 1881, James P. Mathis departed this life intestate in Johnson county, Illinois, seized of personal property of the value of $408 and 40 acres of land of the value of less than $1,000, on which he resided with his family, and left Martha L. Mathis, his widow and four children, his only heirs at law.
On January 31, 1881, letters of administration were issued by the county court of said county to one S. P. Thacker. Appraisers were appointed who estimated the value of the widow’s award as $881, and this estimate with an appraisement bill and inventory were approved by the county court on the…
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