Morgan v. National Trust Bank

Appellant, Alexander J. Morgan, filed his bill in the circuit court of Coles county to partition the land of which William D. Morgan, his brother, died seized. The bill was filed on the ground that the purported last will and testament of the testator was invalid and the real estate descended to the three brothers of the deceased in equal parts as intestate property. Upon issue being joined there was a hearing before the chancellor, the bill was dismissed for want of equity, and an appeal was prosecuted to this court.

William D. Morgan died in Coles county on April 15, 1926, leaving a written…