Perkins v. Perkins
Appellate Court of Illinois
Petition in court of probate for leave to sell real estate to pay debts. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Effingham County; the Hon. Samuel L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton
This was a petition in the County Court of Effingham County, by appellant for an order authorizing him to sell the lands of his intestate to pay debts of the estate. He was not satisfied with the finding and order of that court as to the amount that should be paid to the surviving widow, “as and for homestead and dower,” and appealed to the Circuit Court, where it was ordered that he pay her the sum of $595.65, from which he appeals to this court contending that the amount should be but $404.94.
Appellant’s intestate died seized of an eighty-acre farm, in Effingham county, Illinois. At the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Henson v. MooreIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Montague v. SelbIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Selb v. MontagueIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Cox v. GarstIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Noffts v. KossAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888
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