Boyd v. Strahan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Randolph county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by the appellees at the April term of the Randolph Circuit Court, for the purpose of determining the title to certain personal property claimed by both the appellants and appellees, under the will of John Strahan, deceased. The court decreed in favor of the complainants, and the defendants appealed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Randolph county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by the appellees at the April term of the Randolph Circuit Court, for the purpose of determining the title to certain personal property claimed by both the appellants and appellees, under the will of John Strahan, deceased. The court decreed in favor of the complainants, and the defendants appealed. The appeal was transferred, by consent, Rom the First to the Second Grand Division. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
In the year 1859 John Strahan died, leaving a will containing the following clauses, which are all that affect the determination of this case :
“ Mghth. I do hereby further give, devise and bequeath, unto my wife, Mary Y. Strahan, the sum of twelve hundred dollars in money, also a.ll my household furniture, beds and bedding, to her and to her heirs and assigns forever.
“ Ninth. I do hereby further give, devise and bequeath my wife, Mary Y. Strahan, the balance of all the money of my estate in notes or otherwise, together with all my personal property of every description, not herein enumerated…
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