Hiss v. Hiss

This is an appeal from the decree of the superior court of Cook county dismissing for want of equity, a bill filed therein by appellant against two of his sons, the appellees, for the purpose of fastening a trust upon certain real estate in that county for the payment to appellant of the sum of $750 per annum, payable in equal monthly installments on the first day of each month during his lifetime.

Edward Raymond Ames, of Baltimore, Maryland, died in April, 1879, leaving a last will and testament, making appellant, who was his son-in-law and then employed in the pension department at…