Tyson v. Postlethwaite
Illinois Supreme Court
This bill was filed by the complainants against the defendants below, at the May term, 1848, of the Boone Circuit Court.
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This bill was filed by the complainants against the defendants below, at the May term, 1848, of the Boone Circuit Court. At the December term-, 1849, the case was brought to a hearing upon pleadings and proofs, Henderson, Judge, presiding, and was taken under advisement till the April term, 1850, when a decree was entered declaring the complainants, as the heirs of Mary Tyson, the widow of the intestate, to be entitled to' one half of the real estate of which the intestate died seized; and the defendant below, William Tyson, to be entitled to the other half, and appointing -commissioners to…
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, J.
On the 17th of September, 1846, Isaac Tyson, of Bonne county, departed this life intestate, leaving Mary Tyson, his widow, and William Tyson, an only brother, who resided in England. He left neither children nor the descendants of children. No administration was taken out upon the estate, but the widow paid the debts out of the personal estate. He left a considerable real estate situated in Boone county. On the 16th of August, 1847, Mary Tyson departed this life intestate, leaving the complainants her only heirs at law. The bill alleges that Mary Tyson did not, during her lifetime,…
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