Legal Opinion

Craw v. Craw

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 23, 1904PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. William C. Johns, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

On October 15, 1889, Charles W. Craw died, leaving Lucy R. Craw, one of the appellees, his widow, and nine children, one of whom is the appellant, Elmer Craw, and the others are appellees. He left a will, the provisions of which are as follows:

“I hereby appoint my wife, Lucy R. Craw, and my son Elmer Craw, executors of this my last will without bonds.
“I hereby appoint my wife the guardian of my minor children, without bonds. It is my will and purpose that my wife shall have the care, possession and entire control of my farm of three hundred and fifty acres in section 26, and twenty acres in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Scofield v. OlcottIllinois Supreme Court · 1887

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Walker v. WalkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Fell v. McCreadyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932
  3. Troy Bank & Trust Company v. BrantleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  4. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
  5. Rasmusson v. HogeIllinois Supreme Court · 1920

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