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In Re Estate of Reighard

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 19, 1949No. 30501. Order affirmedPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fulton

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Henry County directing a conservator to renounce a will on behalf of his ward, the incompetent widow of the testator. The cause was heard in that court on an appeal from the county court, where a similar order was entered on the ex parte petition of the conservator.

Cora Reighard was 79 when her husband, the testator, died in October, 1946. His will was made in 1943. Therein he provided in the second clause, in substance, as follows: What was left of his estate he devised to a trustee, the net income from the trust estate to be paid to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Davis v. MatherIllinois Supreme Court · 1923

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Kinnett v. HoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
  2. McCarthy v. McCarthyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1956
  3. First National Bank v. McMillanIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
  4. In Re Estate of DaltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Aagesen v. MunsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1960

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