WILGER v. WILGER

No. 31688.

409 Ill. 58 (1951)

98 N.E.2d 716

LYMAN ELLSWORTH WILGER, Appellant, v. JESSIE JEANNETTE WILGER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 21, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SHELDON & BROWN, and ALEXANDER L. HAGLUND, both of Sterling, for appellant.

JACOB CANTLIN, of Rock Falls, and EARL L. SCOTT, of Erie, for appellee.


Decree affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Lyman Wilger brought this suit in the circuit court of Whiteside County, seeking specific performance of an alleged oral agreement whereby his father, Joseph, since deceased, had promised to convey or devise an eighty-acre farm to plaintiff. The suit was brought against Jessie Wilger, a sister of the plaintiff to whom the property was devised upon the father's death. The cause was referred...

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