Legal Opinion

Crumbaugh v. Owen

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 20, 1908PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appear from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of McLean county, entered at the September term, 1907, dismissing for want of equity a bill filed by appellants to set aside the will of James T. Crumbaugh, deceased. That bill charged undue influence and want of mental capacity. At an earlier term of that court the issues in the case were submitted to a jury, a verdict was returned in favor of the contestants and a decree was entered in accordance with the verdict. From that decree the proponents appealed to this court. We then held that the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Owen v. CrumbaughIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Wadhams v. GayIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Stiles v. StilesIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Johnson v. FarrellIllinois Supreme Court · 1905

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fisher v. BurksIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Crumbaugh v. OwenIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Ætna Life Insurance v. HoppinIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Metz v. BrodfuehrerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1919

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