Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Marsh
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 18, 1961No. Gen. 48,333PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURKE
delivered the opinion of the court.
Sady B. Marsh, a widow, died at Chicago on April 15, 1960. On April 21, 1960, Albert W. Dilling filed a petition to admit to probate as the will of decedent an instrument dated October 23, 1959, which purported to leave her estate to the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Illinois. Proof of heirship established that decedent died leaving as her only heirs her brother, Melvin C. Smeck, her niece Dorothy Jacobs, adopted daughter of her deceased brother William Smeck, and her grandnephew Gary Robert Hanson, a minor, son…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Moos v. MoosIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
- In Re Estate of MorganIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
- St. Mary's Home for Children v. DodgeIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- Koester v. Jennings.Illinois Supreme Court · 1929
- Leemon v. LeightonIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
3Cited by7 opinions
- Village of Park Forest v. AngelAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. American National Bank & Trust Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- Jackson v. JacksonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1971
- Croy Manufacturing Co. v. MarksAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
- In Re Estate of RinerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
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