Barnett v. Bellows

Action to have a will declared revoked. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants have appealed.

The testatrix was Delia Butler. She was a widow of John P. Butler, a former circuit judge of this State, and was childless at the time she executed the will in question. Subsequently she married one W. L. M. Witter. No children were born of that marriage. Respondent is a nephew of a deceased sister of testatrix. The residue of the estate, after making provision for certain small specific bequests, was given by the will to appellant Wineva Witter Phillips, a half sister of respondent Barnett. The…