Dunlap v. McGhee
Citations
- 98 Ill. 287
- 1881 Ill. LEXIS 255
Syllabus
<p>1. Administration—claims allowed within two years are to he paid pro rata in each class. Under the -statute relating to the settlement of estates of deceased persons, the administrator is required to pay the claims allowed at any time within two years, according to' their classification, commencing with the first., and when the estate is insufficient to pay the whole of the demands, the demands in any one class shall be paid pro rata, without regard to the date of allowance, if within the two years.</p> <p>2. When, at the end of the first year, a dividend is made as to the claims then allowed in the seventh class, after which and within the two years, other demands are allowed, the latter must be paid an equal per cent with the first before they can share in the second distribution, so as to place all creditors in the same class, proving their demands, upon an equal footing.</p>
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- striking down as void, “so far as it applies to indictments,” an act requiring the “opposing party” to move for specificity of allegations in all criminal pleadings
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