Wagner v. Clauson

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Peoria County construing the last will and testament of Elizabeth Gift, who died February 4, 1945, leaving a considerable amount of real estate and personal property in that county. The sole heirs-at-law of Mrs. Gift are all first cousins, and are the persons named as heirs-at-law in the pleadings in this case. The appellants are Miss Katherine Clauson, who had been a confidential employee of the decedent for many years prior to her death, and the persons mentioned in the memorandum hereafter described.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gift left a last…