McCormick v. People

On October 6, 1928, Katharine Dexter McCormick, the wife of Stanley McCormick, filed in the probate court of Cook county, a petition for the appointment of a conservator of the person and of the estate of her husband. Prior thereto, on October 4, 1928, there had been filed in the same court the petition of Cyrus H. McCormick and Harold F. McCormick, brothers of Stanley McCormick, for the appointment of a conservator of the estate of Stanley McCormick. Under proceedings had in the probate court, these applications were heard together and the court granted so much of both petitions as prayed…