Eckardt v. Osborne

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Coles county granting partition of three parcels of real estate situated in the city of Mattoon.

Henry Petillon and Mary Petillon, who were husband and wife, acquired title to the real estate in question as joint tenants on August 9, 1917, and continued to hold the same in joint tenancy until the death of Mary, which occurred on October 10, 1926. On May 18, 1923, Henry and Mary Petillon executed their joint will, the material provisions of which are as follows:

“Section No. 2. We give, devise and bequeath all the residue and remainder of…