Hunt v. Fowler
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Dobkance Dibell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was a bill in chancery, filed by the heirs-at-law of Esther S. Chapman, deceased, against the Attorney General of the State, and the executors of the will of the decedent, to-have a certain portion of the estate left by her, declared to be-intestate, and to belong to the complainants, as heirs-at-law of the decedent.
The will, executed March 15, 1883, after making sundry bequests to various persons other than the complainants, concluded with this residuary clause: “All the residue of my estate I devise and bequeath unto the legatees hereinbefore named, in equal proportions, excepting said…
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