Legal Opinion

Lang v. Friesenecker

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1905PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of JoDaviess county; the Eton. William Rippin, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from an order of the county court of JoDaviess county, entered on September 3, 1904, dismissing the petition of the appellant, Caroline Lang, and one Grant M. Heiserman, for the granting of letters of administration with the will annexed to M. H. Cleary on the estate of Wilhelmina Kettler, deceased, and ordering that the said Matthew Friesenecker proceed with the…

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Appeal from the County Court of JoDaviess county; the Eton. William Rippin, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from an order of the county court of JoDaviess county, entered on September 3, 1904, dismissing the petition of the appellant, Caroline Lang, and one Grant M. Heiserman, for the granting of letters of administration with the will annexed to M. H. Cleary on the estate of Wilhelmina Kettler, deceased, and ordering that the said Matthew Friesenecker proceed with the administration of said estate, as by law empowered. Wilhelmina Kettler, who had been insane for several years, died…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

The question in this case is, whether the appellant, Caroline Lang, as next of kin to Wilhelmina Kettler, deceased, had a right to nominate M. H. Cleary to be administrator with the will annexed of the estate of the deceased under section 18 of the Administration act, or whether the appellee, Friesenecker, having been duly appointed conservator of the estate of Mrs. Kettler and acting as such at the time of her death, had a right to administer on such estate. The court denied the prayer of the petition of the appellant to grant letters of administration to Cleary, and dismissed the same, and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Holton v. DalyIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Arms v. AyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Dolese v. PierceIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  4. President of Ottawa v. County of La SalleIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
  5. Timm v. HarrisonIllinois Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  5. Price v. Board of Local ImprovementsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1914

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