Legal Opinion

Carpenter v. Calvert

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1876PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry county; the Hon. George W. Pleasants, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey

Lydia W. Mandain, a resident of Geneseo, Illinois, died at Philadelphia, July 6, 1873, leaving as her last will an instrument, which was admitted to probate on the 20th of October, 1873.

Mrs. Handain, at the time of her death, was about 75 years of age. She was married in 1831 to John Burnham, and, after'his death, was married to Dr. Thomas Handain, in 1836, with whom she lived until December 21, 1872, when he died.

Some fourteen years before her first marriage to Burnham, Mrs. Uandain, whose maiden name was Lydia W. Hough, being unmarried, became a mother, and the child was called Josephine…

2Cited by30 opinions

  1. American Bible Society v. PriceIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Harp v. ParrIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Britt v. DarnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Donovan v. St. Joseph's HomeIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  5. Taylor v. PegramIllinois Supreme Court · 1894

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