Ford v. Ford
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from order of distribution. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1904.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
We must reverse the order complained of and remand this cause to the Óircuit Court.
The obvious defect and error in the order of the Circuit Court are those which are apparent also in that order of the Probate Court, an appeal from which brought the matter into the Circuit Court for a trial de novo. These orders are too indefinite and uncertain. They mention no sum to be paid over to the petitioner, the foreign guardian; they do not find that there is any distributive share of “ proceeds of right of action arising out of the death of said Morton I. Ford.” They do not even name the…
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