Jones v. Grieser
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of DeWitt county admitting to probate the last will and testament of Jeremiah Smith, deceased. It appears from the record that Jeremiah Smith died March 1, 1908; that he owned real and personal property of the value of $10,000; that he left a will, by which he gave his personal property to his sister, Matilda Jones, absolutely, and gave her the use of his real estate during her natural life and devised the fee to her son, Marion Willis Jones. W. H. Armstrong ■and W. J. Sprague were named as executors of his will, and they were also the…
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