PHELPS v. SEELEY

No. 33111.

3 Ill.2d 210 (1954)

119 N.E.2d 923

GOLDA PHELPS et al., Appellees, v. MABEL SEELEY et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 24, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. ELWOOD POPHAM, of Charleston, for appellants.

GLEN D. NEAL, of Toledo, and CRAIG & CRAIG, of MatTOON, (J.H. ANDERSON, of counsel,) for appellees.


Decree affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a decree entered by the circuit court of Cumberland County in a partition suit. The interests of the parties in the real estate in question depend upon a construction of the will of W.H. Seeley, who died in 1905.

W.H. Seeley was married three times. He was survived by his third wife, Leahbelle Seeley, and nine children. Four of the children were born...

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