Hill v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.

Edwin B. Jennings, a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, died in that city October 31, 1923. On November 15, 1924, Frederick W. Hill, appellant, filed in the probate court of Cook county a petition, and on December 19, 1924, an amended petition, praying that a certain instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Edwin B. Jennings, deceased, be entered of record as such last will and testament. The probate court denied the prayer of the petition, and upon appeal by appellant to the circuit court of Cook county that court likewise entered an order denying the…