Mead v. Trustees of Presbyterian Church
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. A. H. Frost, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hand
Mead Holmes, a retired minister of the gospel, died at Rockford, Winnebago county, on June 16, 1906, seized and possessed of an estate valued at from $40,000 to $50,000, consisting of real and personal property. After the death of said Mead Holmes there was found among his private papers an instrument in his own handwriting, which was signed by him and witnessed by two witnesses, purporting to be the will of said Mead Holmes, by the terms of which he gave absolutely to Mary Emilie Holmes, his daughter, certain personal and real property. He also gave $300 to the Young Men’s Christian…
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