Attorney General v. Newberry Library
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, brought by the Newberry Library, a corporation organized under the laws of Illinois, to obtain a construction of certain provisions of the will of Walter L. Newberry, deceased.
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Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, brought by the Newberry Library, a corporation organized under the laws of Illinois, to obtain a construction of certain provisions of the will of Walter L. Newberry, deceased. The Attorney General of the State of Illinois being made a party defendant, interposed a demurrer to the bill, and his demurrer being overruled, and he having elected to abide by his demurrer, a decree was entered in…
1Per curiam
After carefully considering the questions presented by this record, we are disposed to adopt the reasoning and conclusions of the Appellate Court, and to affirm the judgment of that court upon the grounds stated in the opinion delivered by Mr. Justice Waterman.
Judgment affirmed.
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