Legal Opinion

Cully v. People ex rel. Dunlap

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 9, 1898Published

Debt, on an executor’s bond. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan County; the Hon. Owen P. Thompson, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burroughs

This was an action of debt, brought in the name of. the people for the use of M. F. Dunlap, trustee for Walter S. and Edith L. Green, on an alleged bond of Wm. T. Potts, against said Wm. T. Potts, John H. Potts and appellant as his sureties. It is averred in the declaration in substance that by the will of Lucretia C. Green deceased, said Wm. T. Potts and one Austin B. Green were appointed trustees of a fund created and bequeathed to, Walter S. and Edith L. Green by said will; that said Austin B. Green refused to accept said trust; that said Wm. T. Potts accepted it, and on the eleventh day…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Stevison v. EarnestIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  2. Hunt v. WeirIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
  3. Honeyman v. JarvisIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Leman v. ShermanIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Calhoun v. O'NealIllinois Supreme Court · 1870

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