Sverid v. First National Bank

Appellant, Mary Kay Cooper Sverid, appeals from the circuit court’s interpretation of the last will and testament of the decedent, Marie Becker Moore. Appellant sought a declaration from the circuit court that decedent’s bequest to her under the will of “the all of [decedent’s] personal effects, household goods, and all other goods and chattels” should be interpreted to include the more than $1 million in stocks and bonds held by decedent at the time of her death. The circuit court entered judgment in favor of the executor, First National Bank of Evergreen Park, finding that the stocks and…