Fish v. Fish

The litigation in this case concerns the distribution of the property of Cornelia A. Miller, who died at her home in the city of Joliet in April, 1906, after eight years of helpless invalidism resulting from paralysis. She was a widow without children, and was the aunt of George M. Fish, Henry M. Fish (commonly known as Manning Fish) and Charles M. Fish, who are the parties chiefly interested in this litigation, being the sister of their mother. She was a woman of considerable wealth, accustomed to a liberal style of living, fond of her relatives and generous in her treatment of them. The…