Lawson v. Illinois Merchants Trust Co.

Iver Norman Lawson filed the bill in this case to construe the will of his father, Iver Lawson, who executed the instrument in April, 1871, and died October 3, 1872. Iver Lawson left surviving his wife, who was forty-six years old, and their three children, viz., Victor F., who was then twenty-two years old, Carrie, nineteen years old, and Iver Norman, complainant, seven years of age.

By the second paragraph of his will Iver devised and bequeathed to his wdfe, Malinda, one-third of all his personal property after payment of debts and funeral expenses and' one-third of the net income from the…