Miller v. Gratz

This lawsuit involves the construction of the will of Joseph S. Gratz, who died in Cook county, Illinois, in the year 1903, owing certain real estate located on Broad & Church streets in Knoxville, Tennessee, which was encumbered at the time of his death by a trust deed securing a note of J. S. Gratz for the sum of $2000, which note was made payable to the bene ficiary in the .trust deed, Lee McClnng, the trustee named in the deed being' John W. Green, of Knoxville.

The estate of Joseph S. Gratz was administered in the county court of Waukesha county, State of Wisconsin, where Minnie Obermeyer…