Legal Opinion
Daniel v. Crusenbury
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 1917No. 11406PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. Sain Welty, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The appellees, Cary A. Daniel and Mary B. Cook, as devisees under the will of Cary H. Hougham, filed their bill in the circuit court of Woodford county to construe the will and to quiet their title to certain lands in that county. From a decree granting the relief prayed for, some of the defendants have appealed.
The bill alleged that Cary H. Hougham died on September 13, 1891, leaving a will, which was admitted to probate by the county court of McLean county on October 7, 1891. The part of the will material to this controversy is as follows:
“First—I give and bequeath to my wife, Mary J.…
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