Evans v. Funk
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle County; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, ■Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
This was assumpsit, brought in the Circuit Court of LaSalle county by John Funk, appellee, against Daniel Evans, appellant, to recover the sum of $2,500. A jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellee for ■said sum, and the judgment was thereafter affirmed in the Appellate Court of the Second District.
William Reddick, a citizen of Ottawa, in said LaSalle •county, died testate in March, 1885, leaving an estate worth about a quarter of a million of dollars. By his last will and testament he gave to Elizabeth Burrier Funk Red-dick, an adopted daughter, property valued at $40,000,…
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