In Re Estate of Elliott

By citation proceedings instituted in the estate of her deceased husband, the petitioner, Helen H. Elliott, sought her statutory share in the ffoeneficial interests of two land trusts. These interests were held by the ¡respondent, Olympia Alexson, and the decedent as joint tenants with ¡right of survivorship. The corpus of one trust was a condominium apartment #a Chicago with a present value "of approximately $150,000 and the mrpus of the other was a home in Palm Springs, California, worth $.^ffi¿Q00. Decedent, John V. Elliott, had the sole power of direction in boi'h ’¡trusts, a fact known…