McDuffie v. Montgomery
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
In Equity. On demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
KOHLSAAT, District Judge.
From the bill filed herein, it appears that Henry E. Sawyer died in the state of Massachusetts on September 12, 1887, leaving a last will and testament, whereby he bequeathed and devised his real and personal estate, valued at about $125,000, as follows, viz.:
• “I give and bequeath to my two sisters, to-wit: Mrs. Jane Robie and Lydia Sawyer, each fifteen hundred dollars. I give and bequeath all the balance of my property consisting of bonds, bank stock, notes, demands, real estate and personal to my wife Amanda N. Sawyer absolutely; and request that at her decease or…
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