Sharpe v. Porikos

Respondents, the administrator of the estate of Caroline Letches and the legatees under the purported will of Caroline Letches, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County setting aside the will and ordering that the probate thereof be null and void. The issues presented for review are (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion in proceeding without the presence of the administrator or his attorney and then denying the administrator’s request to reopen the proceeding to present his case, and (2) whether the trial court’s finding that decedent was under an insane delusion…