Legal Opinion

Dustin v. Brown

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1921No. 13666PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. T. M. Harris, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone

This is a partition suit brought by appellants against appellees, seeking partition of certain lands in Logan county and for other relief. By clause 2 of the will of Dorrel F. Wright he devised to his daughter, Mary E. Wright, (now Dustin,) a life interest in an undivided one-half of a tract of land containing 1100 acres and referred to as the home farm, under the following condition: “and after her death to her children and their descendants forever.” By the fourth clause of the will Mary was devised an undivided one-half in another tract in fee. The other undivided one-half in these lands…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Doe v. ConsidineSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
  2. Scofield v. OlcottIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Carper v. CrowlIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Knight v. PottgieserIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Bates v. GillettIllinois Supreme Court · 1890

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Burrell v. JeanIndiana Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Martin v. McCuneIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
  3. De Korwin v. First Nat. Bank of Chicago De Korwin v. Koch De Korwin v. PrattCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
  4. Crowley v. EngelkeIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
  5. De Korwin v. First Nat. Bank of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1949

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