Rawson v. Rawson

This was a hill in chancery in the Superior Court of the city of Chicago, filed by the plaintiffs in error against the defendants in error, executors of the last will and testament of Erastus Bawson, deceased, alleging that he died in July, 1863, leaving a last will and testament, and leaving the defendant, Mary Ann Bawson, his widow, but leaving no children, or descendants of a child or children, and leaving Samuel Bawson, his father, Lydia Bawson, his mother, and the others named complainants in the bill, his brothers and sisters. Bawson died leaving personal property only. It is alleged in…