Kellan v. Kellan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county, the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke
Edward R. Kellan, the appellant, and Henry E. Kellan and Ellen Newton, heirs-at-law of Mary E. Newport, deceased, filed their bill of complaint in the circuit court of Cook county against the remaining heirs, legatees and devisees of said deceased to contest the validity of an instrument which had been admitted to probate by the probate court of Cook county as the last will and testament of said Mary E. Newport. As grounds for setting aside the probate of the- will it was alleged that the testatrix was of unsound mind and memory at the time she executed said will, and that she was unduly…
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