Brown v. Pitney

On the 7th of January, 1865, Aaron Pitney died, leaving a widow, Margaret Pitney, but no lineal descendants. He left a will which had been duly executed on the 24th of December, 1864, and which after his death was duly probated. By its provisions, after a bequest of one-third of his household furniture to his wife, he directed the residue of his personal property and all his real estate, consisting of two houses on Michigan avenue, in the city of Chicago, known as Mo. 83 and Mo. 115, and forty acres of land, to be sold by his executors for the purpose of creating a fund, out of which should…