Allen v. Shepard
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. W. Harwell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
This was an application, made to the circuit court of Cook county, June 17, 1870, by Henry M. Shepard, as administrator de bonis non of the estate of Charles W. Rucketson, deceased, for an order to sell real estate for the payment of debts. June 21, 1870, the court made the order of sale as prayed for, and directing the administrator to report his proceedings to the court. In October, 1871, the records were destroyed by fire.
Subsequently, the petitioner applied to the court for an order restoring the burnt record. To this application Lizzie R. Allen (the only heir and devisee of deceased) and…
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