Blair v. Allen

Mr. Presiding Justice Jett

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in equity instituted by appellant, W. H. Blair, administrator of the estate of Isabella A. A. Cline, deceased, against appellee, Walter H. Allen, in the circuit court of Peoria county, to set aside a gift and transfer made by Mrs. Cline to appellee, Dr. Allen, on the 8th day of February, 1922, of certain government bonds and promissory notes aggregating in the neighborhood of $24,000. In this opinion the appellant will be called complainant and appellee the defendant.

The bill of complaint alleges that the complainant…