Greenlees v. Allen

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of McHenry county in a proceeding to contest the will of Herbert W. Allen, deceased. The chancellor at the close of the evidence, on motion by the proponents of the will for an instruction to the jury to find the instrument in question to be the last will and testament of Herbert W. Allen, deceased, allowed that motion and so instructed the jury. Appellants bring the cause here, contending that there was evidence sufficient to go to the jury on the issues of mental competency of the testator and undue influence.

The following facts appear…