American National Bank & Trust Co. v. Keller

This is an appeal, on leave granted, from a judgment of the Appellate Court in a contempt proceeding involving certain bonds in the hands of appellant alleged to belong to the estate of Julia B. Rackliffe, an incompetent. The ground on which the judgment of that court, affirming that of the circuit court, is attacked, is lack of jurisdiction in the probate and circuit courts. The circuit court of Cook county had affirmed the order of the probate court finding that appellant, here, had $18,000 in bonds belonging to the estate of the said incompetent, and that she was in contempt of court for…