Neissl v. Hartman

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, construing a certain portion of a will. The will provided in part that the testator’s children are given the power to appoint a portion of the trust created by the will, to their “own child or children, or descendants of child or children.” The Court below entered a decree construing the words “child or children” as used in the paragraph of the will under consideration, to be limited to natural children, excluding adopted children. This appeal is taken from that decree. It is contended on appeal in this Court that the…