Sanders v. Jarvis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. J. F. Gxllhaai, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
Mary Matilda Barnsback,-a woman about 75 years of age, residing at Edwardsville, Illinois, died May 30, 1919, leaving property valued at some $75,000. Frank B. Sanders, the public administrator of Madison county, the appellant here, was appointed administrator of her estate. She left no child or descendants of a child surviving her, but left a brother, two sisters and certain nieces and nephews as her heirs at law. Shortly after her death some of her relatives, while searching in her former residence for a supposed will, found in a dresser drawer, with a…
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