Hill v. Hill
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. C. D. Myers, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal by the complainants from á decree of the circuit court of McLean county dismissing a bill for the partition of 120 acres of land iñ that county and quieting the title to the property in fee simple in- two of the defendants in accordance with the prayer of a cross-bill filed by them.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. C. D. Myers, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal by the complainants from á decree of the circuit court of McLean county dismissing a bill for the partition of 120 acres of land iñ that county and quieting the title to the property in fee simple in- two of the defendants in accordance with the prayer of a cross-bill filed by them. The parties claim title, respectively, from William H. .Hodge, who formerly owned the premises and conveyed them on May 22, 1848, to Mary Jane Hill, to have and to hold to her and to her heirs “to and for the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The first question is the character of the estate limited by the deed of William H. Hodge after the termination of the life estate of Mary Jane Hill. The appellees claim that the remainder to her children vested immediately upon the birth of any child, subject only to be divested in the event of her death leaving no child surviving her. The appellants claim that the remainder was contingent until the death of Mrs. Hill, when it would vest,. according to the event of her leaving or not leaving children surviving, either in her then living children or the heirs of William H. Hodge. A vested…
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