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Estate of Koester v. Koester

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 22, 1936No. Gen. No. 38,608PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hebel

This is an appeal by the petitioner, Henry L. Perkins, a brother and residuary legatee under the last will and testament of Mathilde Duthil Koester, deceased, from an order entered on June 24, 1935, in the circuit court of Cook county, wherein the court decrees that the citation to recover securities for the estate from the respondent is dismissed and the respondent is discharged; that by virtue of the instrument in writing pertaining to said safe deposit box and its contents respondent was the sole legal owner of all the securities and assets contained in said box at the time of the death of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank v. VanVlackIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Reder v. RederIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  3. In Re Peterson's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Graham v. BarnesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Duling v. Duling's EstateMississippi Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Hartt v. BrimmerWyoming Supreme Court · 1955
  3. In Re Estate of MuethAppellate Court of Illinois · 1962
  4. Longstreet v. DeckerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  5. David v. Ridgely-Farmers Safe Deposit Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1950

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