Jones v. Katz

Ethel Snyder Jones brought suit in chancery against Jessie Katz, individually and as executrix and trustee of the estate of George F. Harding, deceased, to recover the amount of a gift in trust under the will of her grandfather, Abner C. Harding. Trial by the court resulted in an order dismissing the complaint for want of equity, from which plaintiff appeals.

From the essential facts it appears that plaintiff’s grandfather, Abner C. Harding, a resident of Warren county, Illinois, died in 1874, owning in excess of 200 tracts of land in this and other states, as well as considerable personal…