Legal Opinion

Laird v. Dickirson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 1909PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appear from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Lawrence county; the Hon. J. R. Creighton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

This case has been brought here by appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District, and the abstract of the record filed by appellants shows the following proceedings: The appellants, sisters of appellee, Sarah L. Dickirson, filed their p'etition in the county court of Lawrence county on May 15, 1907, alleging that appellee was a distracted and feeble-minded person, who by reason of unsoundness of mind was incapable of managing and caring for her own estate and property; that she had real property described in the petition of the value of $19,000 and personal property worth $1000. The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gibler v. City of MattoonIllinois Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hayes v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Burgauer v. BurgauerAppellate Court of Illinois · 2019
  3. McCormick v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1931
  4. Hardy v. DoblerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1928
  5. In re for a Conservator for DunningAppellate Court of Illinois · 1919

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