Greenough v. Greenough

This writ of error was sued out to review a decree of the circuit court of Peoria county on a bill to construe a will and to remove a cloud.

The bill was filed by Caroline I. Greenough, defendant in error, against Pearl Greenough, Gertrude Greenough and Mamie Holt, her daughters, and Harry Holt, husband of Mamie Holt. The will which the bill sought to have construed is that of Major Bohanan, who died in Peoria county September 23, 1884. The only clauses in the will claimed by either party to have any bearing upon the matters involved in this suit are the following:

“Fourth—I give and devise to…