Hill v. Kehr
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The county court of McLean county admitted to probate the paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Catherine Kehr, deceased, and a codicil thereto. Appellants took an appeal to the circuit court, and that court also admitted the will and codicil to probate. From the order of the circuit court this appeal was taken.
The order of the circuit court admitting the will and codicil to probate was based on the testimony of two subscribing witnesses to the codicil, and if their testimony was sufficient to establish the codicil it would also establish the will. (Fry v. Morrison, 159 Ill.…
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