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LEWIS v. BARNHART

No. 1211.

145 U.S. 56 (1892)

12 S.Ct. 772

34 L.Ed. 621

LEWIS, v. BARNHART.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 25, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sabin D. Puterbaugh, Mr. Thomas Millikin, Mr. Palmer W. Smith and Mr. Leslie D. Puterbaugh, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Robert E. Williams, Mr. W.G. Randall, Mr. W.S. Gibson and Mr. C.L. Capen for defendants in error submitted on their brief.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

By the statutes of Illinois in force when the will of Romeo Lewis was made and took effect, it was provided that "in cases where, by the common law, any person or persons might hereafter become seized in fee tail of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, by virtue of any devise, gift, grant, or other conveyance, hereafter to be made, or by any other means whatsoever, such person or persons...

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