Legal Opinion

Vail v. Rynearson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 1911PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. T. M. Harris, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

Margaret Harris died intestate on January io, 1909, leaving a brother and nephews and nieces, her only heirs-at-law. She was the owner of a farm of eighty acres in Logan county and personal property on the farm and money deposited in the bank. The defendant in error, Andrew IT. K. Vail, filed his bill in the circuit court of that county against the' plaintiffs in error, the heirs-at-law and the administrator of the estate, praying for the specific performance of an alleged verbal contract by which he was to have said property at the death of Margaret Harris. The bill was answered with a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Plain v. RothIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Drury v. HendersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Newman v. YoungbloodIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Allen v. McGillIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Willis v. ZorgerIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Mueller v. MuellerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1921

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