Wheeler v. Wheeler
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oliver H. Horton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
This is a bill in chancery, filed by appellants, under the seventh section of the Statute of Wills, (Rev. Stat. chap. 148,) to set aside the will of Thomas Wheeler, deceased, on the ground of mental incapacity of the decedent to make a will, and of the undue influence exercised upon him in procuring its execution. The bill was filed October 24, 1888, and the will was duly admitted to probate, as alleged in the bill, October 13, 1873, substantially fifteen years prior to the filing of the bill. The bill alleges that the complainants, and each of them, were, at the time of the death of said…
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