Lewis v. Hill

This suit involves the disposition to be made by the executor of the last will and testament of Sarah E. Collins, deceased, of the proceeds arising from the sale of certain real estate belonging to the deceased. The dispute is between the specific devisee of the property sold and the residuary legatees of the testatrix’s estate. The will of Sarah E. Collins was executed December 12, 1935. By its terms she devised her residence in the village of Atwood, Douglas county, Illinois, to her niece, Edith Otter Lewis, plaintiff below and appellee in this court. Subsequently, on April 4, 1940, she was…