Skinner v. McDowell
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Fulton county; the Hon. Jefferson Orr, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery by John Skinner and others, against Ruth McDowell, Edward C. McDowell, Ellen D. Hasson, Charles McDowell and Alonzo McDowell, in the circuit court of Fulton county, to enforce the collection of certain judgments at law before that time rendered in their favor against Ruth M. McDowell and others, partners, as Turner, Phelps & Co., bankers.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Fulton county; the Hon. Jefferson Orr, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery by John Skinner and others, against Ruth McDowell, Edward C. McDowell, Ellen D. Hasson, Charles McDowell and Alonzo McDowell, in the circuit court of Fulton county, to enforce the collection of certain judgments at law before that time rendered in their favor against Ruth M. McDowell and others, partners, as Turner, Phelps & Co., bankers. Ruth M. McDowell, as the wife of Reuben R. McDowell, deceased, held certain lands in that county by virtue of the following clause of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
We think the merits of this controversy turn upon one question, viz.: what is the legal effect of that clause of the will of Reuben R. McDowell granting to his widow the residue of his estate, “to be sold, retained and exchanged, used and managed by her as she may think proper, during her life; and in case anything may be left after her death * * * she shall make some arrangement to have it equally divided,” etc.? If it gives the widow but a life estate in the lands in question, vesting in his children a remainder subject to be defeated by an exercise of the power annexed to that life estate,…
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