Manning v. Mock

Defendants John Mock and Doris Blomquist bring separate appeals to this court from a judgment of the circuit court of Coles County entered on a jury verdict finding the last will and testament of Madge Willis invalid. On this court’s motion, the cases have been consolidated for disposition. Issues raised in both appeals include whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence under the Dead Man’s Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, par. 8 — 201), whether a gerontologist may rely on nursing home records in forming an opinion on mental competency, and whether the trial court erred in…