Hollenbaugh v. Smith

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Vermilion county for the partition of real estate as prayed in a bill filed by John Hollenbaugh, appellee. The land described in the bill formerly belonged to Thomas Smith, who died testate in March, 1891, and the decision of the case involves the construction of his will, particularly paragraph 2, which is as follows:

“Second—To my daughter Mary Hollenbaugh, and to her husband, John Hollenbaugh, I give, bequeath and devise, for and during their lives and the life of the survivor of them, the following described real estate, situate in…