Storrs v. St. Luke's Hospital
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed on November 23, 1896, by Emery A. Storrs by his mother and next friend, Allien F. Storrs, and the Chicag'o Title and Trust Company, as administrator de bonis non of the estate of George M. Storrs, deceased, who are the appellants herein, against St. Luke’s Hospital, defendant below and appellee here, to set aside the will of Caroline T. Storrs, and the probate thereof in the probate court of Cook…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The only question, involved in this case, relates to the right of the present appellants, who were complainants below, to file this bill to set aside the will of Caroline T. Storrs, and the probate thereof. The will was admitted to probate on July 18, 1888, and the present bill was not 'filed until November 23,1896, more than eight years after said probate.
The proviso to section 7 of the act in regard to wills, as passed in 1872, is as follows: “Provided, however, that if any person interested shall, within three years after the probate of any such will, * * * appear and by his or her bill in…
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