Crerar v. Williams
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. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
This was a bill in chancery by appellants against appellees, praying that certain clauses in the last will of John Crerar, deceased, be declared void, and the bequests therein named decreed to them as heirs at law.
The Circuit Court of Cook county sustained a general demurrer to the bill, and entered a decree dismissing it at the costs of the complainants.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming that decree. A copy of the will, consisting of fifty-two paragraphs or clauses, was filed with and made a part of the bill. The validity of the instrument as a whole is not…
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