Legal Opinion

Rowcliffe v. Belson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1914PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Ford county; the Hon. George W. Patton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

On November 14, 1911, Henry Rowcliffe, a resident of Ford county, died at the age of eighty years, leaving a last will and testament executed on September 28, 1909, which was admitted to probate in the county court of that county. He had been twice married and was the father of eighteen children, five of whom had died, two of them leaving children. Of the thirteen living children, five of them were born of the first marriage and eight of the second. Pie left Sarah Rowcliffe, his widow, and the thirteen living children and grandchildren from each marriage, his heirs-at-law. The eight living…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ring v. LawlessIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Waters v. WatersIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Meeker v. MeekerIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  4. Dowie v. SuttonIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Brainard v. BrainardIllinois Supreme Court · 1913

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Estate of SextonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1926
  2. Sterling v. DubinIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Carnahan v. HamiltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Ravenscroft v. StullIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Laws v. MorleyOhio Court of Appeals · 1915

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