Legal Opinion

York v. York

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1865PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hamilton county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese

On the fifteenth of August, 1864, the appellee, John Davis, as administrator of Bashaby York, deceased, filed in the County Court of Hamilton county, a claim against the estate of Ely York, on whose estate appellants are administrators, for the value of the specific articles of property allowed by the statute, to the widow of persons dying in this State, intestate.

The, County Court disallowed the claim, and rendered a judgment against the appellee for the costs. On appeal to the Circuit Court of Hamilton county, the case was tried by the court without a jury, and a verdict found for him, as…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cross v. CareyIllinois Supreme Court · 1861

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Sammons v. Higbie's EstateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
  2. Molner v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1959
  3. Tucker v. Henderson's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
  4. McCord v. McKinleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
  5. In re the Estate of ScovilleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1886

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