Short v. Kieffer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. O. H. Horton, Judge, presiding. On December 18, 1879, Frank Kieffer died testate, in Cook county, this State, leaving surviving him, Mary Kieffer, his. widow, and Jacob, Peter, Annie, Katie, Maggie, Frank, and Nicholas, his surviving children, and also a posthumous son, named Christian.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. O. H. Horton, Judge, presiding. On December 18, 1879, Frank Kieffer died testate, in Cook county, this State, leaving surviving him, Mary Kieffer, his. widow, and Jacob, Peter, Annie, Katie, Maggie, Frank, and Nicholas, his surviving children, and also a posthumous son, named Christian. He was seized at the time of his death, in, fee, of the following described real estate, to-wit: “That part of the south-west quarter of section 36, in township 38, north, of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
In our view of this record, the fact that two of the Kieffer children were minors at the time the power of attorney was signed and when the alleged sale was made to Frederick W» Short, is not of controlling importance. Unless appellants-have alleged in their petition facts sufficient to support the averment that by virtue of said power of attorney and sale to-Frederick W. Short he “became entitled to a conveyance from said adult parties of all their right, title and interest in said premises,” without reference to the disability of the minors,, the decree below was clearly right. Appellants…
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