Medill v. Snyder

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

On the 3d day of July, 1894, James Medill died, in Leavenworth, having made a will on the 12th of the previous month devising to his family an estate of the estimated value of $80,000. He gave to his daughter, Nana Medill, the home in Leavenworth and the furniture therein, and directed that $15,000 of mortgages and securities be set aside for her use, the income of which should be paid to her semiannually during her life, the fund to be managed by the son, Sherman Medill, who was made executor. The day before his death a codicil to the…