Sohler v. Sohler

Plaintiffs, by their guardian ad litem, instituted this action to set aside the decree of distribution given in the estate of Xaver Sohler, deceased, or so much of it as distributed one eighth of the estate to the defendant Paul Reuss, as the son of the deceased. The court sustained a general demurrer to the complaint, and from the judgment which followed plaintiffs appeal.

Upon the appeal the peculiar and somewhat remarkable allegations of the complaint are, of course, to be taken as true. It is alleged that Xaver Sohler died in the county of Lake, testate; that his widow, the defendant Lena…