Adams v. Adams

This was a bill in equity, brought by Arbella Adams, appellant, in the circuit court of Whiteside county, against appellees, for the purpose of obtaining a decree declaring certain lands conveyed to appellant by Elisha A. Adams and his wife, to be held in trust for the payment of certain legacies, and that the lands be decreed sold, and the proceeds distributed among certain legatees of the said Elisha A. Adams, deceased, according to the tenor and effect of his will.

Upon the hearing the court decreed that appellant hold the lands in trust for the estate of Elisha Adams, deceased, subject to…