Fifer v. Allen

John H. Fifer, the appellant, filed his bill in equity in the circuit court of McLean county against Melissa E. Allen, John H. Allen and the county treasurer of McLean county, the appellees, alleging that appellant’s father, John Fifer, died in April, 1884, seized of 95½ acres of land in said county, and leaving a last will and testament executed the previous February, by which, after providing for the payment of his just debts and funeral expenses, the residue of his property, both real and personal, was devised and bequeathed as follows: “To my two grandchildren, Melissa E. Allen and John…