Orme v. Northern Trust Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE KILEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit to construe the will of Mrs. Louisa G. Bigelow, made in Geneva, Switzerland in 1873. Her three minor granddaughters were named primary beneficiaries. In 1941 Louise de Haven, one of the granddaughters, died testate in the United States devising her interest in the Bigelow estate to plaintiff Orme. He sued for construction of the will in 1943 and in 1959 a decree was entered adverse to him. The decree allowed substantial attorneys’ fees and the United States Attorney General, a substitute defendant, appealed challenging…