Legal Opinion

Baker v. Wilmert

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 18, 1919No. 12696PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. T. M. Harris, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone

This is an appeal from a decree in partition of the circuit court of Logan county.

Charles Paulus died about April 21, 1916, leaving a last will and testament duly proven and admitted to probate. He left him surviving as his only heirs-at-law his four children, Henry J. Paulus, Louis W. Paulus, Hermina M. Baker and Nettie E. Wilmert. At the time of his death he was seized in fee simple of 1000 acres of land, among which was the land in question, disposed of by the sixth clause of the will and the second paragraph of the first codicil thereto. The sixth clause reads as follows:

“Sixth—I give and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McFall v. KirkpatrickIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Spatz v. PaulusIllinois Supreme Court · 1918

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Lyon v. AlexamderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  2. Biwer v. MartinIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  3. Boyle v. John M. Smyth Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1928
  4. Merrill v. LynchNew York Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Estate of Ware v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1970

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