Brown v. Ray

Mr. Chife Justice Duncan

delivered the opinion of the court:

William Henninger was previous to his death the owner of a large amount of real estate and other property in Fayette county. He executed his will in 1879 and died January 20, 1882, leaving surviving him Mary J. Henninger, his widow, and Martha J. Davidson, Mary M. Brown, Sarah E. Rice, Illinois V. Farmer and Josephine E. Barkley, his daughters and only heirs-at-law. Mary M. Brown died in February, 1891, leaving surviving her husband, William Brown, (now deceased,) William Brown, Jr., and Isabelle McLain, as her children and only…