Dick v. Ricker
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Adams county; the Hon. Charles B. McCrory, Judge, presiding. This is a proceeding brought by appellee, as executor of the last will and testament of Mary G. Williams, deceased, to sell certain real estate in Adams county.
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Appeal from the County Court of Adams county; the Hon. Charles B. McCrory, Judge, presiding. This is a proceeding brought by appellee, as executor of the last will and testament of Mary G. Williams, deceased, to sell certain real estate in Adams county. Whatever title Mary G. Williams had in the premises sought to be sold . was derived through a deed dated September 23, 1878, of which the portion bearing on the question in controversy is as follows: “Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas Redmond, of the city of Quincy, * * * have granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
As we understand the contention of appellants, it is that the deed vested in Eliza J. Williams simply an ordinary life estate; that Mary G. Williams was vested with the title to said real estate as the first holder under the fee tail estate, and as she died without any children or heirs of her body, the title to said real estate reverted, as one of the incidents of an estate tail upon failure of competent takers, to the grantor, his heirs or devisees. Appellants claim as heirs of Thomas Redmond.
If an estate tail was created by this deed, the word “children,” both in the granting and the…
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