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TRUSTS.

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when executrix has full power as sole trustce..
when trustees have power to use corpus of estate to pre-
serve the property and support the widow....
discretionary powers of trustee cannot be delegated....... 187
powers and duties of trustee cannot be transferred to an-
other by contract.....

revocation of appointment of executor does not revoke his
powers conferred upon him by express appointment as
trustee.....

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247

when person substituted as executor has powers of trustee. 247
when court cannot appoint trustee......

247

effect where widow having a life estate in personal prop-
erty sells the same and invests the proceeds in land, tak-
ing title in herself and another....

what necessary in order to create trust by will..
devise "for the benefit of my family" construed as not cre-
ating a trust......

338

338

what proof shows that conveyance to a child, of land pur-
chased by parent, was not an advancement but gave rise

a resulting trust arising by operation of law is not defeated
because the grantee verbally agreed to convey title to the
cestui que trust upon request...

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356

to resulting trust..

356

what does not prevent enforcement of resulting trust.....

356

ULTRA VIRES.

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when corporation may be estopped to raise the defense of
ultra vires...

VARIANCE.

objection of variance is waived if not made below....
allegations and proof should correspond...

allegations descriptive of what is material, even though
they are unnecessary, must be proved as alleged, and a
variance is fatal unless waived......

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when variance between allegations and proof, in action for
personal injuries, is fatal...

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Supreme Court does not weigh the evidence in passing on
question of variance between the pleadings and proof... 256
when amended declaration does not state new case....... 256

VERDICT.

uncertainty in stating cause of action in the declaration is
cured by verdict....

when want of express allegation is cured by verdict.

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569

VESTED RIGHTS.
beneficiary named in policy delivered to her possession has
a vested right to fund unless power to divest her right
is reserved in the policy.....

VILLAGES.-See MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

WAIVER.

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when city officer may waive provision of tunnel contract
restricting contractor's use of dynamite....
errors not urged in Appellate Court are waived...........
alleged error in modifying instruction is waived if not spe-
cified among the written reasons for new trial.......
objection of variance is waived if not presented below.... 27
exception to admission of evidence is not waived by intro-
ducing evidence to meet that objected to......
failure to challenge sufficiency of verification of burnt rec-
ords petition until after final decree is a waiver........ 232
answering a bill to its merits waives the right to assign
error on the previous overruling of demurrer.
right to assign error on refusal of peremptory instruction
is not waived by procuring instructions submitting the
question to the jury......

benefit society may waive by-law fixing age limit.
filing answer waives undecided demurrer.

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WATER-COURSES.-See STREAMS.

WATER POWER.

construction put upon contract by the parties thereto is en-
titled to great weight......

456

when canal commissioners may act on strength of an adju-
dication between lessees of water power in regulating
quantity of water....

456

when question as to the manner in which lessees of water
power are entitled to receive the water in their flumes is
not an adjudicated one.

456

WILLS.

when persons born after testator's death will take.....
a devise is void if it is possible that a violation of the rule
against perpetuities can happen...

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when devise violates rule against perpetuities...
beneficiary under a will is not estopped, by his election to
take, from filing a bill to declare certain clauses of will
void, as creating a perpetuity.....

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when will creates a contingent remainder.

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WILLS.-Continued.

when executrix has full power as sole trustee...

when trustees have power to use corpus of estate if neces-
sary for the preservation of the property and the support
of the widow.....

discretionary powers of trustee cannot be delegated..
effect where trustee is incompetent to act.....

powers and duties of trustee cannot be transferred to an-
other by contract.....

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what necessary in order to create a trust..

338

devise "for the benefit of my family" construed as not cre-

ating a trust......

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338

when will creates an estate for life but determinable upon
re-marriage of life tenant.....

338

provision directing purchase of land not void for uncer-
tainty if the description of the land or the amount to be
paid for it can be ascertained from the will. . . . . . . . .
provision directing purchase of land construed as not re-
pugnant nor void for uncertainty. . . . . ..

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in construing a will every effort should be made to recon-
cile alleged repugnant clauses...

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339

339

when children take vested estate in remainder....
when remainder-men are not entitled to partition until ter-
mination of the life estate. . . . . .

339

339

effect where widow having a life interest in personal prop-
erty sells it and invests the proceeds in land, taking title
in herself and another....

339

insane delusion defined.

597

belief in religious creed, in so far as it pertains to a future
existence, is not an insane delusion......

597

belief in Swedenborgianism and enthusiasm in promulgat-
ing its faith furnish no evidence of monomania, insane
delusion or insanity....

597

Supreme Court may review the facts in will contest. .... 597

WITNESSES.

when witnesses are incompetent...

88

when testimony of child is properly admitted.
constitutional right of accused to meet witnesses face to
face does not apply to documentary evidence.....
the grantee in a deed may testify in support thereof in suit
brought by brother of deceased grantor who sues as a
purchaser and not as an heir.....

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WORDS AND PHRASES.

devise "for the benefit of my family" construed as not cre-

ating a trust.....

338

Table OF CASES

COMPRISING THE FORMER DECISIONS CITED, COMMENTED UPON OR
EXPLAINED IN THIS VOLUME.

Adams v. Akerlund, 168 Ill. 632.....

Alden Coal Co. v. Challis, 200 Ill. 222.

Abend v. Endowment Fund Commission, 174 Ill. 96.

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95

Aldrich v. Metropolitan West Side El. R. R. Co. 195 Ill. 456.... 414

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Alexander v. Parker, 144 Ill. 355.

540

Alford v. Dannenberg, 177 Ill. 332..

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Allen v. McFarland, 150 Ill. 455.

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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R. R. Co. v. Feehan, 149 Ill. 202.438

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Bailey v. Philadelphia, etc. R. R. Co. 4 Harr. 389....

117

Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Pet. 579.

593

Barclay v. Barclay, 184 Ill. 471.

498

Barker v. Koozier, 80 Ill. 205.

577

Batavia Manf. Co. v. Newton Wagon Co. 91 Ill. 230.

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Belleville, City of, v. Citizens' Horse Ry. Co. 152 Ill. 171....... 592

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Bloomington, City of, v. Goodrich, 88 Ill. 558.
Bloomington, City of, v. Reeves, 177 Ill. 161.
Board of Trade of Chicago v. People, 91 Ill. 8o.
Bogan v. Swearingen, 199 Ill. 454.

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425

593, 592

·399, 398

Bradley v. Palmer, 193 Ill. 15..

Brison v. Brison, 75 Cal. 252..

Brown v. Brown, 43 Ind. 474.

Brown v. City of Aurora, 109 Ill. 165.

Brush v. Lemma, 77 Ill. 496...

Bryan v. Howland, 98 Ill. 625...

Buchanan v. Pirie, 205 Pa. St. 123.

Bonner v. Illinois Land and Loan Co. 96 Ill. 546.
Boyce v. Tallerman, 183 Ill. 115..

Bridgeport v. New York & N. H. R. R. Co. 36 Conn. 255...... 593

267

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606

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354

313, 311

158

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Calumet and Chicago Dock Co. v. Morawetz, 195 Ill. 398.

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Carpenter v. People, 3 Gilm. 147.
Carpenter v. Plagge, 192 Ill. 82.
Carr v. Carr, 52 N. Y. 251.
Caywood v. Farrell, 175 Ill. 480.
Chapman v. Cawrey, 50 Ill. 512.

Chapman v. Cheney, 191 Ill. 574.

Cheltenham Improvement Co. v. Whitehead, 128 Ill. 279...
Chicago and Alton R. R. Co. v. Strawboard Co. 190 Ill. 268...
Chicago and Alton R. R. Co. v. Bell, 209 Ill. 25..
Chicago and Alton R. R. Co. v. Clausen, 173 Ill. 100..
Chicago and Alton R. R. Co. v. Fisher, 141 Ill. 614...
Chicago and Alton R. R. Co. v. Pennell, 110 Ill. 435.
Chicago and Alton R. R. Co. v. People, 155 Ill. 276.
Chicago and Alton R. R. Co. v. People, 163 Ill. 616.
Chicago and Alton R. R. Co. v. People, 171 Ill. 544-
Chicago and Alton R. R. Co. v. Rayburn, 153 Ill. 290.

Chicago and Alton R. R. Co. v. S. & N. W. R. R. Co. 67 Ill. 142. 240
Chicago, Burl. and Quincy R. R. Co. v. Carter, 20 Ill. 391. 246
Chicago, Burl. and Quincy R. R. Co. v. Dickson, 143 Ill. 368..40, 35

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577, 576

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