Legal Opinion

Wood v. Wood

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 23, 1914PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Randolph county; the Hon. George A. Crow, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer

William Wood, Sr., died in Randolph county February 23, 1910. He left no widow and no- child or descendant of a child surviving him.- He left a sister, who has since deceased, and d large number of nephews and nieces, as his heirs-at-law. During his last illness, and just before his' death, he executed a paper purporting to be his will, in and by which he bequeathed four relatives one dollar each, two others $200 each, another $100, and Thomas Wood $300. The testator owned a farm of 160 acres and from $10,000 to $15,000 worth of personal property. The will directed that the farm should not be…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wolf v. BollingerIllinois Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Williams v. CrickmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Dowling v. GillilandIllinois Supreme Court · 1916

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