Peoria Humane Society v. McMurtrie

On January 13, 1890, Mary W. Rouse and Harry G. Rouse, her son, of the county of Peoria,, in this State, were in San Francisco, California, about to take a sea voyage to the Sandwich Islands, and executed their joint and mutual or reciprocal will and testament, the first two clauses of which are as follows:

“Being of sound and disposing mind, we, Mary W. Rouse and Harry G. Rouse, both of the county of Peoria, city of Peoria and State of Illinois, do make and declare this our last will and testament.

“The one of .us surviving the other is to inherit all property, real, personal or mixed, of the…