People ex rel. v. Benson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Administration of Estates. — Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan Comity; the Hon. Owen P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Harker
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant, as executor of the estate of William Benson, deceased, presented to the Morgan County Court a petition for a citation against appellee, the widow of deceased, to compel her to surrender to him two promissory notes, one for §1,000, and the other for $1,500, executed by one James Y. King to Benson in his lifetime, and which appellee claimed had been given to her by Benson.
The County Court, upon a hearing to determine the ownership of the notes, held them to be the property of the estate and ordered her to turn them over…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Coleman v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Dawson v. EusticeIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Hagemann v. HagemannAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900
- Randolph v. People ex rel. Trustees of SchoolsIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
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