Peet v. Peet
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Winces, Judge, presiding. This is a bill for partition filed in the circuit court of Cook county by Henry J. Peet, who claims to be the owner of an undivided half of the premises sought to be partitioned.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Winces, Judge, presiding. This is a bill for partition filed in the circuit court of Cook county by Henry J. Peet, who claims to be the owner of an undivided half of the premises sought to be partitioned. The other half interest was owned by William Creighton Peet, who died at his home in the city of New York July 23, 1906. William Creighton Peet left a widow, Jane Creighton Peet, and two sons, Creighton Peet and Telfair B. Peet, aged about seven and two and a half years, respectively, at the time of their father’s death. On May…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
Section 10 of chapter 39, Hurd’s Statutes of 1905, provides as follows: “If, after making a last will and testament, a child shall be born to any testator, and no provision be made in such will for such child, the will shall not on that account be revoked; but unless it shall appear by such will that it was the intention of the testator to disinherit such child, the devises and legacies by such will granted and given, shall be abated in equal proportions to raise a portion for such child equal to that which such child would have been entitled to receive out of the estate of such testator if…
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