Allen v. Estate of Allen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. Emery C. Graves, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
Emma F. Allen filed a claim in the county court of Whiteside county against the estate of her father, Henry P. Allen, deceased, upon an instrument in writing for the payment of money, which was attached to the claim. It was allowed in the county court and again in the circuit court, where it was tried without a jury upon an appeal prosecuted by the administrator. The administrator now appeals to this court.
The instrument was dated at Madison, Wisconsin, on March 10, 1908, and was signed by Allen and his wife, and the body reads as follows: “I promise to pay Emma F. Allen for value received,…
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