Bache v. Ward
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the'Hon.- Richard M. Skinner, Judge, presiding. The will of Joseph Ward, deceased, who died July 18, 1903, was admitted to probate in Bureau county on September 14, 1903, and letters testamentary were issued to his son, Nathaniel S. Ward. The testator, at the time of his death, was seized and possessed of real and personal property.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the'Hon.- Richard M. Skinner, Judge, presiding. The will of Joseph Ward, deceased, who died July 18, 1903, was admitted to probate in Bureau county on September 14, 1903, and letters testamentary were issued to his son, Nathaniel S. Ward. The testator, at the time of his death, was seized and possessed of real and personal property. He left him surviving nine children and the descendants of two deceased daughters as his heirs-at-law, who were also the devisees named…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
A motion has been made in this court to dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction in this court to hear and determine the same, on the ground that the amount involved is less than $1000 and no certificate of importance was granted by the Appellate Court. There is a class of cases which hold that where the judgment or decree appealed from disposes of more than $1000 an appeal will lie from the judgment of the Appellate Court to this court although the interest in the judgment or decree appealed from represented by the appellant,—that is, the appellant’s claim;—does not amount to $1000.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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