Kreitman v. Northwest Home for the Aged

Charles Kreitman’s executor brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County by filing a verified petition to construe decedent’s will and to declare that a specific legacy of *5000 was adeemed by decedent’s lifetime gift of that amount to the beneficiary named in the will. The respondent failed to answer or otherwise plead.

The trial court found that the specific legacy to the respondent was adeemed by decedent’s lifetime gift to the respondent. We affirm.

The issues presented for review are (1) whether respondent admitted every allegation of the executor’s verified petition by failure to…