Zakroczymski v. Zakroczymski
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1920.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor
delivered the opinion of the -court.
The principal question for decision in this case is: Can a wife by will dispose of her entire estate, which consists of personal property, to her children and thereby prevent her husband, the father of the children, from participating in the property. The probate court and the circuit court of Cook county both answered this question in the negative and held that, after the payments of debts, the husband was entitled to one-third of the estate under section 10 of the Dower Act (Cahill’s Ill. St. ch. 41, ¶ 10). The executor of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In re Taylor's WillIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Laurence v. BalchIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Bennett v. BennettIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
- Richardson v. TrubeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Leischner v. KaiserAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910