Waterman v. Hall

Mr. Chiee Justice Dunn

delivered the opinion of the court:

Arba N. Waterman died on March 16, 1917. On July 21, 1909, he had signed an instrument which purported to be his will and was probated as such on July 25, 1917, in the probate court of Cook county. It consisted of eleven paragraphs, the first of which gave all his property to his Wife and the tenth nominated her as executrix without bond. All the other paragraphs were based on the condition that the testator survived his wife, and paragraphs 2 to 8, inclusive, provided for the payment in that event of various legacies to different…