Legal Opinion

Greenfield v. Lauritson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1922No. 14983PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Thompson

Ruth Greenfield died testate at Phoenix, Arizona, leaving her surviving Thomas H. Greenfield, her husband, and Ernest G. and Max I. Greenfield, her sons. She died seized in fee simple of 120 acres of land situated in McLean county, Illinois. By her will she disposed of certain property in Arizona and then made the following disposition of her lands in Illinois:

“Third — I give, devise and bequeath to my husband, T. H. Greenfield, a life interest in all my property, real, personal or mixed, situated in the State of Illinois, with remainder over at the time of his death to my children, the issue…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Arnold v. AldenIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Harrison v. WeatherbyIllinois Supreme Court · 1899

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dyslin v. WolfIllinois Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Continental Illinois National Bank v. LlewellynAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
  3. Watterson v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Beall v. BeallIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Patterson v. McCayIllinois Supreme Court · 1924

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