Jenkins v. Drane

Citations

• 121 Ill. 217
• 12 N.E. 684

Syllabus

<p>Descents—in the case of illegitimates. Our statute makes an illegitimate child capable of inheriting not only from its mother or other maternal ancestor, but also from any person from whom its mother might inherit, if living. The rule in this regard, as announced in Bales et al. v. Elder el al. 118 Ill. 436, is adhered to.</p>