Lockwood v. Moffett
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. John C. Broady, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity brought by George A. Moffett, Ann B. West and Emily C. Sibert in the circuit court of Adams county, against William R Lockwood, to partition certain real estate situated in Quincy and Chicago. There is no controversy between the parties in regard to the facts.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. John C. Broady, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity brought by George A. Moffett, Ann B. West and Emily C. Sibert in the circuit court of Adams county, against William R Lockwood, to partition certain real estate situated in Quincy and Chicago. There is no controversy between the parties in regard to the facts. They are substantially as follows: Ella M. Lockwood, the late wife of appellant, William E. Lockwood, died intestate on the 25th day of February, 1897, at her residence in Quincy, Illinois, seized in fee of all of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The decision of this case necessarily involves the construction of the Statute of Descent, section 1 of which is as follows (Hurd’s Stat. 1897, p. 629):
“Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That estates, both real and personal, of residents and non-resident, proprietors in this State dying intestate, or whose estates, or any part thereof, shall be deemed and taken as intestate estate, after all just debts and claims against such estates are fully paid, shall descend to and be distributed in manner following, to-wit:
“First—To his…
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