Legal Opinion

Yott v. Yott

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 16, 1914PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon! Jesse A. Baldwin, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

The plaintiffs in error filed a bill to set aside the probate of the will of Francis Yott, whose heirs they were, on the ground that the will was abrogated and revoked by subsequent conveyances of all his real and personal estate, leaving nothing for the will to operate upon. The cause was submitted to the court, and this writ of error is prose-' cuted to review the decree, which dismissed the bill for want of equity.

The will devised and bequeathed all of the real and personal property of the testator to persons who were not related to him by blood. The subsequent conveyances transferred the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Stephens v. CollisonIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Graham v. BurchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
  3. Phillippe v. ClevengerIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Smithwick v. JordanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Oglesby v. Springfield Marine BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Brown v. HellerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Estate of HolmesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
  4. Kane v. HudsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Little v. BehnkeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990

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