In Re Estate of Weaver

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court sustaining objections to a conservator’s report which did not include some joint tenancy property as a part of the estate and the refusal of the court to reopen the case to hear some after-discovered evidence. The trial court treated the joint tenancy property as part of the decedent’s estate, the incompetent having died while this litigation was pending.

In 1957, Jean Weaver established a savings account with the Marine Bank and gave a power of attorney to her daughter-in-law, Mary B. Weaver, authorizing her to draw checks on the account…