Merwin v. Stevenson

This is an appeal from the decree of the circuit court of McLean county, rendered on a bill to construe the will of William O. Davis, who died May 22, 1911. Originally all the parties to this suit joined as complainants in the bill, but subsequently, by leave of court, the appellants, Helen D. Stevenson, Adlai E. Stevenson and Elizabeth D. Stevenson, withdrew as complainants and became parties defendant and filed an answer to the bill. The will was executed by William O. Davis on January 11,1908, and a codicil thereto was executed by him November 28, 1910.

At the time of the execution of the…