Pendarvis v. Gibb

On August 31, 1921, John B. Harbison, eighty-four years old, executed his last will and testament. At that time he owned 350 acres of land in Henderson county, Illinois, valued at $42,000, and had $5000 in personal property, consisting of cash, bank stock, Liberty bonds and corn. The will directed that all of his property should be converted into cash within thirty months after his death, and he gave his executor authority to make the necessary deeds and transfers. It directed the payment of his debts and funeral expenses; the erection of a monument at his grave, not to cost more than $1000;…