In Re Estate of Shelton

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial court adjudged the will of Frank Shelton to be without any force and effect and held that his estate should pass as intestate property to the half-sister of the decedent, who was his sole and only heir-at-law. We reverse.

Frank Shelton’s will was executed in 1959. It gave all of his property to “my wife, LaWanda Shelton” in fee simple absolute. There was a gift over to the petitioner-appellant as follows: “In case my wife shall predecease me, I hereby give, devise and bequeath all my property, real, personal and mixed to…