Ryan v. Allen
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding. Omar H. Allen, the defendant in error, entered into a written contract of sale with Martin J. Ryan and Michael J. Ryan, the plaintiffs in error, whereby Allen agreed to convey to the Ryans, in fee simple, clear of all incumbrances, that part of lot 4, of O. H. Allen’s subdivision of block 5, assessor’s subdivision of unsubdivided lands in the north-east quarter and the east half…
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Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding. Omar H. Allen, the defendant in error, entered into a written contract of sale with Martin J. Ryan and Michael J. Ryan, the plaintiffs in error, whereby Allen agreed to convey to the Ryans, in fee simple, clear of all incumbrances, that part of lot 4, of O. H. Allen’s subdivision of block 5, assessor’s subdivision of unsubdivided lands in the north-east quarter and the east half of the north-west quarter of section 6, township 39, north of range 13, east of the third principal meridian, lying…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
The premises described in the contract of sale, for the specific performance of which this bill is filed, are a part of the lands devised to appellee in the codicil of the will of Elizabeth H. S. Allen, his step-mother, and the material question arising, upon which it is necessary for this court to. express an opinion, is the construction and effect to be given to the following clause of the codicil: “I give and bequeath to my step-son, Omar H. Allen, the use or rents accruing from my house, and one acre of land that the said house stands upon, after his father’s decease, provided his father…
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