Claim of Hinman v. Devine

The claim of Nettie E. Hinman for the sum of two thousand dollars against the Estate of Frank A. Moore, deceased, was allowed by the Probate Court of Cook county and appellant appealed to the Circuit Court. In that court the cause was submitted to a jury and a verdict returned in favor of the claimant for said amount, judgment entered thereon and appeal taken therefrom to this Court.

The testimony showed that Frank A. Moore in the afternoon of June 4, 1907, attempted to make a last will and testament, consisting of nine pages, introduced in evidence, and in part as follows:

“I now owe Mrs. Geo.…