Legal Opinion

Patterson v. Collar

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 14, 1889Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtPhillips, J.

Appellee filed her claim against the estate of William McClintock in the County Court of St. Clair County, on May 3, 1886, claiming for sixteen years’ service, at $240 per annum. On April 30, 1887, an amended claim was filed for sixteen years’ service, at $312.50 per annum, and for a sum acknowledged to be due to Nancy Collar by William McClintock in his lifetime, in a certain will executed by him, of $5,000.

On a trial before a jury, in the County Court of St. Clair County, a verdict was rendered for $2,250, on which judgment was entered.

An appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of St. Clair…

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