Weisskopf v. Howard

This appeal is from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting in part a petition and amended citation to recover assets of the estate of Martin Gibbons, deceased. The amended citation petition, filed by Irene Weisskopf, a.legatee under the last will of Martin Gibbons, sought to recover the proceeds of two savings accounts, one at Belmont National Bank of Chicago (Belmont account) and the other at the Harris Trust and Savings Bank (Harris account). Each account was opened in the joint names of the decedent and his niece Mary Howard, the executor of the decedent’s estate and…