Shanahan v. Bowen

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STENGEL

delivered the opinion of the court:

Gerald Shanahan, executor of the estate of his mother, Mary Catherine Shanahan, brought a citation proceeding against Mary T. Bowen, granddaughter of the decedent, to recover $12,570 which the estate claimed she owed decedent. The Circuit Court of Will County denied the citation, finding the executor failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence any indebtedness owing from respondent to the decedent. On appeal the estate challenges the competency of respondent’s witnesses and the standard of proof used to determine the…