Legal Opinion

Cary v. Slead

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1906PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Iroquois county; the Hon. Albert O. Marshall, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright

On September 29, 1902, Hiram Vennum died leaving a last will and .testament, by which he devised to Ralph C. Slead, one of the appellees, a quarter section of land in Iroquois county in trust for appellant, Nettie J. Cary, under the name of Nettie Slead Cary, subject, however, to the annual payment to Nancy Slead, mother of appellant, of one dollar per acre during the natural life of said Nancy Slead. The paragraph devising the lands and creating the trust and providing for. its duration is as follows:

“Sixth—I give and devise to my grandson, Ralph Slead, in trust, subject to the conditions…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Crerar v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Hubbard v. HubbardIllinois Supreme Court · 1902

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. McFall v. KirkpatrickIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Crise v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1926
  3. Jacobs v. CornilsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
  4. In Re Adoption of a MinorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
  5. Karolussen v. ChristiansonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919

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