Legal Opinion
King v. Rhoads & Ramsay Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 21, 1897PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Claims in Probate.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The Supreme Court, in 26 Ill. 390, and 50 Ill. 351, eulogized living lawyers; why may we not place here some words of praise of one who, after forty years of faithful service at the bar of this county, and in courts out of it to which that service led him, rests from his labors? William H. King, for many years before his death, was one of the most prominent as well as one of the most successful of the lawyers of Chicago; and the gains attending that success were not dissipated by imprudence, but carefully accumulated into a considerable fortune left to his family.
Yet, in looking into the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lucas v. CampbellIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Edmanson v. A. H. Andrews & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1890
3Cited by2 opinions
- Woolner Distilling Co. v. Peoria & Eastern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1907
- Henry v. Park Fire Proof Storage Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1921