Strong v. Dignan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Probate Court of Cook county; the Hon. C. S. Cutting, Judge,’ presiding. ' This is an appeal from an order, entered by the probate court of Cook county on May 26, 1903, revoking the letters of administration issued to Joseph H. Strong of Cook county upon the estate of Jeremiah Ahearn, deceased, and granting letters of administration de bonis non to Peter A. Dignan, on the petition of Mary Lavis, a resident of Massachusetts.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Cook county; the Hon. C. S. Cutting, Judge,’ presiding. ' This is an appeal from an order, entered by the probate court of Cook county on May 26, 1903, revoking the letters of administration issued to Joseph H. Strong of Cook county upon the estate of Jeremiah Ahearn, deceased, and granting letters of administration de bonis non to Peter A. Dignan, on the petition of Mary Lavis, a resident of Massachusetts. Jeremiah Ahearn died intestate in Chicago on March 15,1903, without a widow, next of kin or creditors in this State, possessed of no real estate but of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Two questions are presented by this record: First, is that portion of section 18 of the Administration act of this State, which is set forth in the statement, preceding this opinion, constitutional? and, second, did Mary Layis, sister of the deceased intestate, being a resident of Massachusetts, have the right, under the provisions of said section, to nominate a competent person to act as administrator of the estate?
Section 18 of chapter 3 of the Revised Statutes, entitled “An act in regard to the administration of estates,” as amended in 1897, is as follows: “Administration shall be granted…
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