Richardson v. Trubey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lockwood Honors, Judge, presiding. On January 24, 1908, Jettie Richardson filed her bill in the circuit court of Cook county against Esdras B. Trubey, appellant, and others, for partition of certain real estate in that county, owned at the time of her death by Luella B. Trubey, who died testate on June 3, 1905. The legatees and devisees named in the will, (including appellant, who was her husband,) the holders and owners…
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Appear from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lockwood Honors, Judge, presiding. On January 24, 1908, Jettie Richardson filed her bill in the circuit court of Cook county against Esdras B. Trubey, appellant, and others, for partition of certain real estate in that county, owned at the time of her death by Luella B. Trubey, who died testate on June 3, 1905. The legatees and devisees named in the will, (including appellant, who was her husband,) the holders and owners of certain notes and trust deeds executed by the testatrix, and her husband and the tenants occupying the property,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The principal controversy in this case is in regard to the meaning to be attached to the words, “whatever interest in my estate he may be entitled to under the laws and statutes of the State of Illinois,” found in the seventh clause of the will. It is contended by appellant that thereby the testatrix designated the interest which her husband would have had in her estate had she died intestate, while, on the other hand, the insistence is that the words mean the interest which he would have in her estate she dying testate as to all her property without making any provision for him, and no…
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