Hampshire v. Uselman

Ernest R. Hampshire, aged 87, was appointed conservator for the estate of Effie Weber who was adjudged an incompetent on March 2, 1976. After Hampshire took possession of Mrs. Weber’s assets, he had the property appraised, filed inventories with the court, and paid her expenses. In May, Meta Uselman, a prospective legatee under Mrs. Weber’s will, filed a petition to revoke the conservatorship and requested that a bank be named conservator. After a hearing the court revoked Hampshire’s letters of conservatorship, appointed the First National Bank of Joliet as his successor, and stated that the…