Bechard v. Union County

Godfroy Bechard died February 3, 1904, leaving a will which was thereafter admitted to probate. The will, omitting parts not material to this controversy, reads as follows:

“3. I give and devise to my son, Frederic Bechard, for and during the term of his natural life, the following described real property lying in said County of Union, to-wit:- — -All that part of the North East quarter and of the North half of the South East quarter of Section Thirteen (13), in Township Ninety (90), of Range Forty nine (49), that lies North and East of the right of way of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul…