Legal Opinion

Beck v. Lash

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1922No. 14213PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marshall county: the Hon. John M. Niehaus, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan

On April 12, 1920, Pearl Lash, an insane person, by her guardian and next friend, Emma. L. Olson, hied her petition in the county court of Marshall county praying the court to set aside an order entered by it September 21, 1914, denying the probate of the last will and testament of Theodore F. Lash, deceased. On July 19, 1920, Mary Beck and twenty-two others, including Emma L. Olson, who are the nieces and nephews and residuary legatees and devisees of Lash, filed their petition in the county court, by which they adopted, by reference to the same, the allegations of the petition of Pearl…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Burton v. PerryIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Evans v. WoodsworthIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Hill v. KehrIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Walker v. CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1920

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Schwarz v. SchwarzIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
  2. The People v. SterlingIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Wood v. First Nat. Bk. of WoodlawnIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Johnson v. HawkinsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
  5. Foutch v. ZempelIllinois Supreme Court · 1928

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