Legal Opinion
Smith v. Gorham
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 15, 1909PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Petition to probate will. Error to the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. Solon Philbrick, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1909.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Baume
delivered the opinion of the court.
On March 19, 1908, two separate instruments, hearing date respectively May 24, 1898, and July 18, 1898, were filed for probate in the County Court of Champaign county as the last will and testament of Josiah Gorham. The said instruments are designated in this record as “Exhibit 1” and “Exhibit 2,” and are in the words and figures following:
Exhibit 1.
“I, Josiah Gorham, of the County of Champaign and State of Illinois, being desirous of making some provision out of my estate for my niece Laura Frazier, as a slight token of my…
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