Legal Opinion

People v. Duzan

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1916PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Ogle county; the Hon. Mazzini Slusser, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke

Bert S. Duzan was convicted of the crime of embezzlement in the circuit court of Ogle county and was sentenced to the penitentiary under the provisions of the Indeterminate Sentence act.

Plaintiff in error is a member of the bar of Ogle county. Alice Petrie, who resided at the home of her sister, Adelaide Petrie, in the city of Oregon, in Ogle county, employed him to draft her last will and testament. Testatrix thereafter died in the month of March, 1913. By her will she made Adelaide Petrie her sole legatee and sole executrix. Mrs. Petrie employed plaintiff in error to assist her in the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. BarkasIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Schintz v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Peck v. BrewerIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
  4. People v. RischoIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Hart v. Wabash Southern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. The People v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
  2. The PEOPLE v. EppingIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
  3. The People v. MarshIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
  4. The PEOPLE v. RigginsIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
  5. People v. FosterIllinois Supreme Court · 1919

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