Legal Opinion

Bevelot v. Lestrade

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 23, 1894PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

This is a bill to set aside the will of Margaret Bevelot, deceased, upon the alleged grounds of mental incapacity and undue influence. The testatrix died on December 2, 1892, leaving two sons, the appellant, Clement Bevelot, and the appellee, Louis Bevelot, and one daughter, the appellee, Honorine Lestrade. Her will was made early in the morning, on November 29, 1892. By its terms she left $25.00 to each of her sons, and all the balance of her estate to her daughter, Mrs. Lestrade, with whom she lived when she died.

So far as the charge of mental incapacity is concerned, we do not think that…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Dickie v. CarterIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
  2. Roe v. TaylorIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  3. Treleaven v. DixonIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Rigg v. WiltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
  5. Robinson v. BrewsterIllinois Supreme Court · 1892

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Harp v. ParrIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Brayfield v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
  3. Compher v. BrowningIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Turner's WillOregon Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Scott v. HawkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898

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