In re probate of the will of Storey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Rogers, Judge, presiding. Wilbur F. Storey, a resident of Cook county, died October 27, 1884, seized of real and personal estate of the value of several hundred thousand dollars.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Rogers, Judge, presiding. Wilbur F. Storey, a resident of Cook county, died October 27, 1884, seized of real and personal estate of the value of several hundred thousand dollars. He left surviving, a widow, Eureka C. Storey, and Anson L. Storey, a brother, Mary E. Farrand, a sister, Mary E. Anderson, a niece, and Edward P. Chapin, a nephew, his only heirs-at-law. On November 5, 1884, Mrs. Storey petitioned the probate court of Cook county for letters…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
The constitutional provisions in respect of matters of probate, so far as concern the questions arising in this case, are contained in sections 18, 19 and 20, of article 6. The general provisions are, that “county courts shall be courts of record, and shall have original jurisdiction of all matters of probate; ” that “appeals * * * shall be allowed from final determinations of county courts, as may be provided by law;” and the special provision is, that in counties containing a given population, “the General Assembly may provide for the establishment of a probate court;” that “said courts,…
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