Smith v. Bedell

Mabel Smith and fourteen other complainants (herein referred to as appellants) filed in the circuit court of McLean county a bill to construe the will of Lawrence L. Bedell, deceased, for partition of certain real estate devised by the will, and for other relief. They made parties defendant to their bill, Elmer Bedell, Leo Bedell, Bernice Knight, Arthur L. Benjamin, individually and as conservator of Gladys E. Bedell and as administrator of the estate of Gladys E. Bedell, deceased, and George Rowley, a leaseholder. The court sustained the demurrers of appellee Benjamin, individually and as…