Legal Opinion

Buerger v. Buerger

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 18, 1925No. 15921. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Dunn

After the affirmance in the case of Wunderlich v. Buerger, 287 Ill. 440, of the order of the circuit court of Cook county admitting to probate the will of Mrs. Henriette Boerner, her nephew, Hans Buerger, who opposed the probate of the will, filed a bill to contest it in the circuit court, alleging that at the time of executing the instrument she was not of sound mind and memory but her mind and memory were so impaired as to render her wholly incapable of making any distribution of her estate; that she executed the instrument without knowing its contents and not of her own free will but under…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Dowie v. SuttonIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Moody v. FoundIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Adams v. First M. E. Church of Irving ParkIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Craig v. TrotterIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Claussenius v. ClausseniusIllinois Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Sternberg v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Bley v. LuebeckIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Demarco v. McGillIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Challiner v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
  5. Hockersmith v. CoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1950

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