IN RE ESTATE OF BETTS

Gen. No. 9,945.

2 Ill. App.2d 453 (1954)

119 N.E.2d 801

In the Matter of Estate of George S. Betts, Deceased. William H. Betts, Appellant, v. Arthur Johnson, Executor of Last Will and Testament of George S. Betts, Deceased, Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication June 7, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KENNETH H. LEMMER, and RICHARD W. VELDE, both of Havana, for appellant.

GEORGE P. PROCTOR, of Lewistown, and BERNARD H. TAYLOR, of Canton, for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE REYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a dispute over the interpretation of the will of George S. Betts, deceased. The will was probated in the county court of Fulton county, and Arthur Johnson was appointed executor. Johnson proceeded to administer the estate and upon filing his final report, William H. Betts, devisee and brother of the decedent filed objections to the report, setting forth that the distribution proposed in said...

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