Legal Opinion

Standley v. Moss

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 28, 1904PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Proceeding to contest will, Error to the Circuit Court of Morgan County; the Hon. Owen P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1903,

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gest

By the bill in this case the plaintiffs in error contested the validity of the will of Anna Mary Blimling. Three grounds are set up in the bill upon which it is claimed that the will probated is not her will: First, that at the time of the execution of the will she was non compos mentis; second, that the execution of the will was obtained by undue influence exercised upon her by the defendants; third, that neither of the subscribing witnesses to her will, James 0. Fairbank and S. Allen Fairbank, “attested the execution of the said will at the request of the said Anna Mary Blimling, nor in her…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Purdy v. HallIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Flinn v. OwenIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Sloan v. SloanIllinois Supreme Court · 1900

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Fraider v. HannahAppellate Court of Illinois · 1949
  2. Carr v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
  3. International Trust Co. v. AnthonySupreme Court of Colorado · 1909
  4. William M. Lloyd & Co. v. PoythressSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  5. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Sagola Lumber Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1909

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