Stearns v. Curry

By the fifth paragraph of his will, executed in 1903, David L. Crawford made a devise in the following language:

“Fifth — I give and bequeath by entail unto my daughter, Mary L. Stearns, the southeast quarter of section thirty-one (31), also the west half of the southwest quarter of said section thirty-one (31), both tracts or pieces of land being in township 8, north, range 1, west, in the county of Warren, in the State of Illinois, to be hers and during her natural life, and at her death it is my will that it be equally divided between her heirs, share and share alike.”

A similar devise of a…