Stafford v. Read
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Circuit Court of Piatt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding. f This was a bill filed by appellants for the partition of certain real estate described, and to set aside as a cloud upon the title of the complainants the will of Ann Maria Moore Read. Appellants claim title to the land under and by virtue of the provisions of the will of Thomas Stafford.
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Appear from the Circuit Court of Piatt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding. f This was a bill filed by appellants for the partition of certain real estate described, and to set aside as a cloud upon the title of the complainants the will of Ann Maria Moore Read. Appellants claim title to the land under and by virtue of the provisions of the will of Thomas Stafford. The bill alleges that Thomas Stafford resided in Fountain county, Indiana; that he executed a will on or about the 13th of August, 1847, and a codicil to the said will August 31, 1847. The will and codicil are set out…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Farmer
Appellants claim, and that is the theory of the bill, that upon the death of James Clark Stafford and his two sisters, leaving no issue surviving them, the title vested in appellants as the only heirs of the six children named in the will of Thomas Stafford, deceased, as intended to share equally in his property. This involves a construction of a portion of the will of said Thomas Stafford.
The six children of the testator first mentioned in the will, and Lewis Brown and George Washington, if they elected to share equally with the six, were required to make certain payments to the executors…
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