Hoopeston Public Library v. Eaton

Appellant the Hoopeston Public Library, of Hoopeston, Illinois, filed its bill in chancery in the circuit court of Vermilion county praying for the appointment of a trustee to sell lands of which Dana Sherrill died seized, for the purpose of carrying out the terms and provisions of the will of said Sherrill, who died testate in Grundy county, Illinois, February i, 1912. Sherrill left a widow surviving him. He owned a considerable amount of real estate in Grundy, Kendall, Iroquois and Vermilion counties. By his will he gave to his widow, after the payment of debts, all his personal property…