Bauchens v. Davis
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. B. R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. On July 6, 1905, appellants, who are heirs-at-law of Adam Bauchens, deceased, filed their bill in the city court of East St. Louis against Mrs. Lillie D. Davis and Ralph Duncan, administrator, appellees, to set aside an instrument which had been admitted to probate in the county court of St. Clair county as the last will and testament of the deceased.
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Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. B. R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. On July 6, 1905, appellants, who are heirs-at-law of Adam Bauchens, deceased, filed their bill in the city court of East St. Louis against Mrs. Lillie D. Davis and Ralph Duncan, administrator, appellees, to set aside an instrument which had been admitted to probate in the county court of St. Clair county as the last will and testament of the deceased. Lillie D. Davis was one of the devisees under said will and Duncan had been appointed administrator with the will annexed. The bill averred, among other…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
It it not contended by appellants that the verdict of the jury was so manifestly against the preponderance of the evidence as to warrant a reversal. It is urged, however, that there was evidence which tended to show that the deceased entertained an insane delusion in regard to his children, and that the court improperly refused instruction No. 14 asked by appellants, which was designed to inform the jury that if they believed, from the evidence, that Adam Bauchens entertained such a delusion, the jury might take that fact into consideration, with the other evidence, in determining whether the…
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