Hartt v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE ENGLISH

delivered the opinion of the court.

From a judgment denying her petition for distribution of $8,000 or more, which she alleges is intestate property from the estate of Jay Samuel Hartt, plaintiff appeals, contending that since decedent’s will contained no provisions directing or authorizing the accumulation of unexpended or undistributed property and because his widow renounced her share, plaintiff, as sole remaining heir-at-law, is entitled to the intestate property.

On April 13, 1962, Jay Samuel Hartt died testate, leaving as his sole heirs-at-law his widow,…