Weiss v. Weiss

Emil E Weiss died testate; a codicil to his will named his daughter, Dorothy M. Weiss, executor. Emil’s will devised and bequeathed all of his real and personal property in equal shares to his four children: Dorothy, Richard and Robert, and Marilyn Nowak. The codicil empowered Dorothy, as executor, without order of court:

“***(a) to settle claims in favor of or against my estate; (b) to sell at public or private sale any real or personal property owned by me at the time of my death, without application to or confirmation by any court; and (c) to make distribution of my estate wholly or partly…