In Re Estate of Handmacher

The executor of the estate of Herman Handmacher appeals from the following orders of the Circuit Court of Madison County, Illinois:

I. Allowing a widow’s award totaling $9,000 to Ruth C. Handmacher, surviving widow of Herman Handmacher, deceased;

II. Requiring him to post a surety bond in the amount of $40,000;

III. Allowing claims of the widow’s former attorneys and allowing her certain claimed expenses ont of the assets of the estate.

Appellees having conceded that the trial court erred in entering orders titled II and HI, it will be necessary to consider only the propriety of the court’s…