Burrows v. Palmer

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of La Salle County which dismissed the complaint of plaintiffs-appellants for want of proper parties plaintiff.

The plaintiffs, who are minor children of Margaret Burrows and grandchildren of Mary F. Palmer, deceased, filed their complaint on November 9, 1953, by their father and next friend, Samuel J. Burrows.

The complaint alleges the following: The plaintiffs’ grandmother, Mary F. Palmer, died testate on March 6, 1943, leaving Margaret Burrows (a daughter) and Burton W. Palmer (a son) as her only heirs-at-law. Her will was admitted to…