Crooks v. Holcomb

WASSERSTROM, Senior Judge.

This case has accumulated a considerable history. It began in October, 1980, with the filing of the will of George Mapes, deceased, in Grundy County and the appointment as Executor, James T. Holcomb, the attorney who drew the will and who was named therein as Executor. In August, 1982, some of the heirs learned that certain certificates of deposit, bank accounts and shares of stock totaling approximately $125,000 had been left in the joint names of the deceased and James T. Holcomb and his brother John L. Holcomb, some of those items being in joint names of deceased…