People v. Freese

This is an appeal by the People from an order of the county court of McLean county assessing the transfer or inheritance tax on the estate of Susan E. Loehr, deceased.

Susan E. Loehr died testate June 3, 1912, leaving as her heirs and next' of kin forty-one nephews and nieces. The first part of the second clause of her will recites the testatrix’s reasons for making provision for Minnie Prehm, and concludes as follows: “I hereby give and bequeath and devise all of the property, real, personal and mixed, of which I shall die seized, to her, Minnie Prehm, for and during her natural life. I…