Legal Opinion

Gano v. Gano

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 23, 1909PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

George D. Gano died in March, 1906, leaving a will whereby he devised to his wife the use of all his real estate during her life. Subject to the life estate to his wife he devised to the appellant, who was his son, the south-east quarter of the north-east quarter and the north-east quarter of the north-west quarter of section 14, township 19, north, range 3, east of the third principal meridian. To his other children and to his grandchildren he devised other parts of his real estate, subject to the life estate to his wife. The testator owned all of the north-west quarter of section 14, but…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Decker v. DeckerIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Collins v. CappsIllinois Supreme Court · 1908

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Norton v. JordanIllinois Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Graves v. RoseIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
  3. State Ex Rel. State Fish & Game Commission v. KellerMontana Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Wahl v. SchmidtAppellate Court of Illinois · 1925
  5. Smith v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923

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