Egbers v. Egbers
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Hancock county; the Hon. G. W. Thompson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Carter
This was a bill filed by defendants in error to contest the validity of an instrument purporting to be the last will of Magdalena Egbers, and to set aside the probate thereof. The bill alleged that the alleged will, dated August 7, 1896, was probated in the county court of Hancock county; that it was never signed or published by Magdalena Egbers, and that she was at the time of its alleged execution so sick with fever that she was unable to execute an instrument of any kind; that she was unconscious and out of her mind; that she was very low with typhoid fever, unable to sit up in bed or to…
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