Hudnall v. Ham
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson county; the Hon. E. E. Newlin, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree entered in the circuit court upon the final hearing of the issues made upon the bill filed by “the Hudnalls,” as they are spoken of in the record, and upon the cross-bill of Mary E. T. Taylor, the widow of Jeremiah Taylor, deceased.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson county; the Hon. E. E. Newlin, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree entered in the circuit court upon the final hearing of the issues made upon the bill filed by “the Hudnalls,” as they are spoken of in the record, and upon the cross-bill of Mary E. T. Taylor, the widow of Jeremiah Taylor, deceased. The bill, in brief, alleged that Taylor was the son of Sallie Taylor and her then husband, Thomas Taylor, and that five years after his birth Sallie Taylor lawfully married one Hudnall, and that the complainants are the children, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Upon the final hearing, where the greater part of the testimony of the witnesses was heard in open court, the chancellor rendered the decree appealed from, finding the issues in favor of the Hams and dismissing both the amended bill and the cross-bill. From this decree the Hudnalls and the widow have taken separate appeals, but these appeals have been considered together and will be disposed of here as one case.
The cross-bill was not before us when the case was here on error, (172 Ill. 76,) and it was there said that the rights of the widow under her cross-bill were not affected by that…
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