Franklin v. Hastings
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
This appeal brings in review the decree of the circuit court of McLean county construing the will of Emilie S. VanDolah, who died on August 3, 1910, leaving surviving her Lewis S. VanDolah, her husband, and as her heirs the appellants, who were her cousins. Her will directed the payment of her debts and funeral expenses. She devised and bequeathed to her husband one-third of all her personal property and one-third of all her real estate in fee simple, except the south-west quarter of the premises in Lexington occupied by her as a homestead. She gave a number of pecuniary legacies. By the…
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