Legal Opinion

Johnson v. First Union Trust & Savings Bank

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 7, 1934No. Gen. No. 36,337Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilson

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court entered upon the verdict of the jury in a will contest case involving the will and two codicils executed and published by the testator, William L. Brown.

The bill charges that the testator was mentally incapable of executing the instruments in question and also that he was in a weakened mental and physical condition as the result of taking drugs and that the will and codicils were executed by the testator under the dominating influence of certain individuals who had entered into a conspiracy to obtain his property.

The will was executed at…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Opp v. PryorIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  2. Britt v. DarnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Hobart v. HobartIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Bradley v. PalmerIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Slingloff v. BrunerIllinois Supreme Court · 1898

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