Gradler v. Johnson

Mr. Chibe Justice Wilson

delivered the opinion of the court:

Walter B. Johnson, in his lifetime, was the owner in fee simple of two lots improved with a two-story and basement brick apartment building and a two-story brick garage and apartment on the rear of the lots located in Maywood, Illinois. Johnson died on April 20, 1937, intestate, leaving as his only heirs-at-law his widow, Renee Johnson, and two brothers and two sisters. Johnson and his wife occupied the premises and rented rooms to tenants. After her husband’s death Renee Johnson continued in possession of the property and rented…