Converse v. Hindes
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill to contest will. Error to the Circuit Court of Livingston County; the Hon. George W. Patton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Willis
delivered the opinion of the court.
Rebecca Converse, widow of Orlin Converse who died testate on January 15, 1906, by Fred Fienhold, her conservator, filed a bill in the Circuit Court of Livingston county on August 15, 1906, to contest the will of her deceased husband, and made defendants thereto his heirs at law, devisees and legatees. Some of the defendants were personally served, others were brought in by publication. H. H. McDowell and C. C. and L. F. Strawn appeared as solicitors for certain defendants interested in sustaining the will, and filed an answer for…
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- Wilson v. ClayburghIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
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