Burkholder v. Burkholder

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The testator here delineated the devise to his wife with the phrase, ‘to be by her used and disposed of during her natural life,’ thus limiting the power of disposition to her lifetime, and precluding a disposition by will.” (Emphasis omitted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Stewart v. Lafferty
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1957-09-20· cited 17×
• In Re Estate of MacLeish
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-02-02· cited 16×
• St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Hearne
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-08-11· cited 9×
• First National Bank of Joplin v. Solomon
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1967-02-13· cited 3×
• Leahy v. Murray
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1959-03-20· cited 2×
• In re Estate of White
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-12-03· cited 2×
• Spaugh v. Ferguson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1970-12-07· cited 1×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Knight v. Pottgieser
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1898-10-24· cited 54×
• Sternberg v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1946-09-18· cited 38×
• Cales v. Dressler
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1924-12-16· cited 35×
• Smith v. Shepard
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1939-02-15· cited 30×
• Keiser v. Jensen
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1940-02-13· cited 24×
• Martin v. Central Trust Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1927-12-21· cited 19×
• Dunlavy v. Lowrie
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1939-12-15· cited 18×
• In Re Estate of Fahnestock
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1943-09-24· cited 14×
• Boal v. Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Second Circuit· 1924-03-17· cited 14×
• McGlothlin v. McElvain
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1950-09-21· cited 12×
• Sweet v. Arnold
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1926-10-28· cited 12×
• Warrington v. Chester
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1920-10-23· cited 11×
• Andrews v. Floyd
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1923-06-20· cited 9×
• Boal v. Metropolitan Museum of Art
  S.D. New York· 1923-02-03· cited 6×