Blatchford v. Newberry
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery, instituted in the court below by Henry W. Newberry, Louisa Cook Can dee, Fanny L. Edgerton, Oliver N. Edgerton, Walter A. Newberry, Edward H. Newberry, William E. Newberry, Charles P. Newberry, Mary A. Ladue, George P. Newberry, Mary A. Starkweather, John S. Newberry, and Walter Cass Newberry for himself, and also as next friend of the minors, Walter F.…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery, instituted in the court below by Henry W. Newberry, Louisa Cook Can dee, Fanny L. Edgerton, Oliver N. Edgerton, Walter A. Newberry, Edward H. Newberry, William E. Newberry, Charles P. Newberry, Mary A. Ladue, George P. Newberry, Mary A. Starkweather, John S. Newberry, and Walter Cass Newberry for himself, and also as next friend of the minors, Walter F. Newberry, Ella P. Newberry, Amasa S. Newberry, Frederick M. New-berry, and John P. Newberry, against Eliphalet W. Blatchford…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
delivered the- opinion of the Court:
This case is one involving the construction of a will.
Walter L. Newberry, a citizen of Chicago, made his will on the 30th day of October, 1866, and died November 6, 1868. He left a widow and two unmarried daughters. By his will he devised and bequeathed unto two trustees his whole real and personal estate, after payment of certain specific legacies of inconsiderable amount, to be held upon the general trusts declared in the will until its distribution by them to the persons ultimately entitled, — the will containing careful directions governing during this…
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- Hinkley v. House of RefugeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
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- Billings v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Dee v. DeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Mills v. NewberryIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Newberry v. BlatchfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Savela v. EricksonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
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