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Illinois Supreme Court· 10/25/1928

Havill v. Havill

Citations

  • 163 N.E. 428
  • 332 Ill. 11

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

  • defendant had constructive possession of drugs found in apartment where he “stayed in the apartment, paid rent there, and possessed a key to the apartment”
  • “A will speaks from the death of the testator. At the moment of his death the rights of his heirs and devisees to succeed to his estate are fixed and vested ***.”
  • “The effect of the probate of a will is to vest the title in the devisee as completely as a deed from the owner of property vests the title in his grantee ***.”
  • \A will speaks from the death of the testator. At the moment of his death the rights of his heirs and devisees to succeed to his estate are fixed and vested ***.\
  • \The effect of the probate of a will is to vest the title in the devisee as completely as a - 15 - deed from the owner of property vests the title in his grantee ***.\

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Judges: Dunn

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