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Burkholder v. Burkholder

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 4, 1952No. 32286PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schaefer

A decree of the circuit court of Whiteside County construed the last will and testament of Christian Burkholder and ordered partition of real estate in the city of Sterling between the plaintiff, Fannie G. Burkholder, and one of the defendants, Harry E. Burkholder. This appeal followed, a freehold being necessarily involved.

Christian Burkholder, a resident of Sterling, died testate on January 12, 1926. He left surviving as his only heirs-at-law his wife, Mary Burkholder, and their five children, Charles, Charlotte, Harry, Homer and Alice.

By the third paragraph of his will, Burkholder made the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Knight v. PottgieserIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Sternberg v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Cales v. DresslerIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  4. Leonard v. . BurrNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
  5. Smith v. ShepardIllinois Supreme Court · 1939

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Stewart v. LaffertyIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
  2. In Re Estate of MacLeishAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  3. St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. HearneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1969
  4. First National Bank of Joplin v. SolomonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  5. Leahy v. MurrayIllinois Supreme Court · 1959

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