Martin v. Beatty
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Corostin D. Myrrs, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Plaintiff in error filed a bill in the circuit court of McLean county to set aside the last will and testament of his uncle, James H. Martin, who died at Leroy, in said county, August i, 1910. The bill charged that the testator was of unsound mind and was unduly influenced in the execution of the will. The court instructed the jury that there was no evidence of undue influence. The jury found that said writing was the last will and testament of James H. Martin, and a decree was entered in accordance with such finding. To review that decree this writ of error has been sued out.
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