Keays v. Blinn
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. George W. Patton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
John D. Gillett died testate in Logan county and by his will devised a life estate to his son, John P. Gillett, in farm lands in that county aggregating a little more than twenty-five hundred acres. The will of the father vested in the son a limited power to appoint the fee of these lands, the power to be exercised by the last will of the son. If not exercised, the lands would, upon the death of the son, pass under the residuary clause of the will of the father. The son died testate on September 8, 1901. He left surviving him a widow but no descendants. By his will he appointed the fee in the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Collins v. WickwireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
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