HALL v. EATON

No. 4-93-0021.

631 N.E.2d 805 (1994)

259 Ill. App.3d 319

197 Ill.Dec. 583

Cynthia Ann HALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Linn William EATON, Jr., Individually and as Executor of the Will of Mildred K. Eaton, deceased, Defendant-Appellee (Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank, an Illinois Banking Corporation, Clayton-Camp Point Water Commission, a municipal corporation, and Federal Land Bank of St. Louis, now known as Agribank F.C.B., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

March 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll Baymiller, Kenneth L. Ott, Baymiller & Radley, Peoria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Franklin M. Hartzell, Stanley L. Tucker, Hartzell, Glidden, Tucker & Hartzell, Carthage, for defendant-appellee.


Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Cynthia Ann Hall brought suit asking the trial court to declare null and void a condition imposed by her father's will upon his devise to her of an undivided one-half interest in a remainder to real estate. The trial court dismissed the suit on motion of plaintiff's brother, defendant Linn W. Eaton, Jr. Hall appeals, contending the condition was void because of public policy. We affirm.

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