Whittemore v. Coleman

On June 30, 1898, Nellie German died leaving an estate valued at about $8000. Myron W. Whittemore was by the probate court of Cook county appointed administrator of the estate. On May 14, 1898, Nellie German became the mother of an illegitimate child, Myrtle German, who survived her mother, and appellant was appointed guardian for the infant child, Myrtle German. Nellie German was an adopted daughter of John E. and Betsy E. German, and the estate which she left came to her b)r descent from her adoptive parents. Myrtle, the only surviving child of Nellie German, died September 22, 1898, at the…