Lessley v. Lessley

Citations

• 44 Ill. 527

Syllabus

<p>Widow—of Tier rights upon a renunciation of the wilt. Under the fifteenth section of the dower act, the widow of a person dying testate and leaving no children or descendants of children, upon renouncing the will, is entitled to one-half the estate in fee, and to the specific articles enumerated in the statute ; hut she is not entitled to dower in the remainder of the real estate or to the whole of the personal property.</p>