Appeal of Williams v. Runyon

Mr. Presiding Justice Thomson

delivered the opinion of the court.

In connection with the probate of the estate of Williamina A. Chalifoux, deceased, in the probate court of Cook county, the administrator of her estate filed a petition under the provisions of sections 81 and 82 of chapter 3 of the Illinois Statutes (Cahill’s Ill. St. ch. 3, ¡f¡[ 82, 83), in which he alleged that the respondent, Williams, had acted as the agent and confidential adviser of the deceased, and that while acting in such capacity he had come into possession of certain goods and chattels and also that he had obtained…