Schwaan v. Schwaan

Eugene E. Schwaan, a resident of Chicago, died testate September 16, 1939. His son, Eugene F., Jr., was named executor of the will and accepted. Letters issued to him December 1, 1939. The decedent left him surviving his widow, Ida, who was his third wife, and three children born to him by his first wife. The-will was executed in 1936. It bequeathed his personal estate to the three children, share and share alike, adding, “But I give to my wife; Ida, her legal share thereof.”

February 8, 1940, the executor filed a petition and notice “to discover assets,” naming the widow as respondent.…