Summers v. Higley
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Ogle county; the Hon. James S. Baume, Judge, presiding. In January, 1868, James M. Summers died testate in Ogle county, leaving his widow, Anna M. Summers, and four children, Martha Summers, Laura A. Summers, Edward Summers and William Summers.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Ogle county; the Hon. James S. Baume, Judge, presiding. In January, 1868, James M. Summers died testate in Ogle county, leaving his widow, Anna M. Summers, and four children, Martha Summers, Laura A. Summers, Edward Summers and William Summers. His will was admitted to probate on the 18th day of February, 1868, and was as follows: “In the. name of God, Amen.—I, James M. Summers, of the town of Polo, in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, of the age of thirty-five years, and being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this my last…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
By the decree construing the will the chancellor held that “the said Anna M. Grim, upon the death of said James M. Summers, became vested of the title in fee simple in said lands, subject to the conditional limitations that in case of her death before any of the testator’s children had attained their majority, then such fee simple would be cut down to a life estate, and the remainder, at her death, would vest in said children,” but held also “that all of said children having attained their majority in the lifetime of said Anna M. Grim, the said Anna M.„Grim, by virtue of said will, became…
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