Vanatta v. Carr
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jasper county; the Hon. Truman E. Ames, Judge, presiding. The bill in this case alleges that William T. Cowger died testate March 31, 1899, leaving Sarah Ann Cowger his widow, Alva B. and David M. Cowger his sons, and complainants and John W. Lee his grandchildren, his only heirs-at-law surviving him, and that the widow has since intermarried with one Hamilton Carr.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jasper county; the Hon. Truman E. Ames, Judge, presiding. The bill in this case alleges that William T. Cowger died testate March 31, 1899, leaving Sarah Ann Cowger his widow, Alva B. and David M. Cowger his sons, and complainants and John W. Lee his grandchildren, his only heirs-at-law surviving him, and that the widow has since intermarried with one Hamilton Carr. The will of said William T. Cowger set out in the bill is as_ follows: “In the name of God, Amen—I, William T. Cowger, of the town of Rose Hill, in the county of Jasper and State of Illinois, of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
The question to be determined here is what interest and estate the widow of William T. Cowger (now Sarah Carr) took, under the will, in the personal property left by him at the time of his death. The real estate owned by William T. Cowger at the time of his death is not involved in this controversy. Complainants’ contention is, as will be seen from their bill, that she did not take the property absolutely nor with power to sell and dispose of it, but only a life estate in it, subject to the charge made in the second clause of the will, and that she was not entitled to its possession and…
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