First National Bank v. McMillan

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Vermilion County, denying leave to The First National Bank of Danville, Illinois, conservator of the estate of Samuel V. Jinkins, incompetent, to renounce the will of its ward’s deceased spouse, Ethel C. Jinkins. The decree was entered on appeal and trial de nova from a like order of the probate court.

The pleadings consist of the petition for leave to renounce the will, founded on the best interest of the ward’s estate, and the objections thereto filed by the executor and heirs of the decedent, as respondents. The appeal is directed to…