Friedman v. Steiner
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook comity; the 'Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. Leopold Mayer and Henry Steiner owned the real estate in question as tenants in common, each owning in fee simple one undivided half thereof. On December 22, 1879, Henry Steiner died, leaving a will, which was. duly proven and admitted to probate, and letters testamentary issued to his executors.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook comity; the 'Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. Leopold Mayer and Henry Steiner owned the real estate in question as tenants in common, each owning in fee simple one undivided half thereof. On December 22, 1879, Henry Steiner died, leaving a will, which was. duly proven and admitted to probate, and letters testamentary issued to his executors. By his will the testator charged his property with various legacies, and the residuum of his estate he devised as follows: “Item 13. I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my said estate, real,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
The controversy in this case relates solely to the nature and extent of the estate taken, or to be taken, by the respective parties under the will of Henry Steiner, deceased. The decree of the circuit court adjudged that Mrs. Steiner is seized of an estate in fee simple to the undivided half of the lands in question; that she has full power to dispose of the same by deed or by will, and that the appellant, and others mentioned in the proviso in item 13 of the will, can have no vested interest in the property, unless Mrs. Steiner should, while still holding the property, die intestate, without…
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