Legal Opinion

Steele v. Clark

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1875PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Clinton county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a claim, presented in the county court of Clinton county, by George Clark, administrator of the estate of Thomas Moore, deceased, against the estate of John Brewster, deceased, of which the appellants, William Steele and Nancy Brewster, were the administrators. The opinion of the court gives a substantial statement of the principal facts of the case.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese

This proceeding was commenced before the county court of Clinton county, and taken by appeal to the circuit court, wherein a judgment was rendered for the plaintiffs for four hundred and forty-four dollars, and costs, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted by the defendants. It is a case in which the administrator of one Thomas Moore, deceased, presented a claim for allowance against the estate of John •Brewster, deceased, for one thousand dollars. The county court allowed the claim to the extent of seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars, and, on appeal to the circuit court, the same…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Eddy v. RobertsIllinois Supreme Court · 1856
  2. Doyle v. MurphyIllinois Supreme Court · 1859

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Weer v. GandIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  2. Barnes v. EarleIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Svanoe v. JurgensIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Savage v. SavageCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1927
  5. Felix v. PatrickU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska · 1888

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