Zeigler v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank

The appellant, Dr. L. C. H. E. Zeigler, filed a claim in the probate court of Cook county against the estate of Harriet G. McVicker for $110,000, which consisted of three items, the first being for $100,000, based on two written contracts, or, in the alternative, for reasonable compensation as a physician for services and medical attention from December 19, 1899, to April 30, 1904, and the- second and third for $5000 each, claimed to be due on an oral contract. The probate court allowed the second and third items but refused to allow the first. The appropriate order was entered, from which…