Olney v. Howe
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. N. J. Pillsbury, Judge, presiding. On the 7th day of August, 1873, one Sophia L. Bogart died, leaving three surviving children and only heirs at law, to-wit: Laura L. Olney (wife of Ransom Olney), Ferdinand C. Howe, and Alfred S. Howe. She died at the residence of her daughter, Laura L. Olney, at Pontiac, Illinois.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. N. J. Pillsbury, Judge, presiding. On the 7th day of August, 1873, one Sophia L. Bogart died, leaving three surviving children and only heirs at law, to-wit: Laura L. Olney (wife of Ransom Olney), Ferdinand C. Howe, and Alfred S. Howe. She died at the residence of her daughter, Laura L. Olney, at Pontiac, Illinois. On the 21st day of October, 1873, said Laura caused a petition to be filed in the probate court of Livingston county for letters of administration upon the estate of her mother, setting forth in such petition that said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
The instrument on which appellant’s claim is based did not take effect as a completed gift inter vivos, or as an executed contract, to work the transfer of title to appellant. There was no assignment or delivery of the note for $1300. The instrument was clearly executory in its character. By its terms possession of the property was to be given to and taken by appellant upon the decease of Mrs. Bogart, who was to have the full use of the interest on the $1300 during her lifetime, and after her death appellant was to pay Alfred S. Howe $300 of the money secured by the note. There is in the…
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