In re Estate of Hodson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. William B. Weight, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson
delivered the opinion of the court.
James C. Hodson, a resident of Shelby county, died testate. His will was admitted to probate at the February term, 1914, of the County Court, and his widow, Josephine Hodson, who was nominated executrix without bond, qualified. He left over $25,000, in personal estate, and four hundred and forty acres of land inventoried at $28,000 but worth about $100 an acre. He left no children. The legatees in his will are his widow and two half brothers, John and Zachariah Hodson, and Fred Poland, a nephew of his wife. The will devises and…
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