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Lidster v. Poole

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided August 1, 1905No. Gen. No. 4,504PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Contest in court of probate. Appeal from the County Court of Lee County; the Hon. Robert H, Scott, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1905.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justioe Farmer

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the County Court of Lee county, authorizing and directing Mina Poole, administratrix of the estate of James Poole, deceased, to sell certain real estate for the payment of debts of said deceased. The legal title to the real estate, which consisted of farm lands in Lee county, was in Ralph E. Lidster, who held them in trust for James Poole. Hovember 12, 1897, Mary L. Sanders, then owner of said lands, exchanged them for certain Chicago properties which Lidster held in trust for Poole. Lidster executed to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sharp v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Ebert v. GerdingIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Pratt v. PrattIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
  4. McCord v. MasseyIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Richie v. CoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1900

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pennwalt Corp. v. Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1973
  2. Central Trust Co. v. Calumet Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1931
  3. Gipps Brewing Co. v. WassonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915

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