Mathis v. Bauer

This is an appeal from an order of the Probate Court of Peoria County dismissing a citation proceeding wherein Wayne H. Mathis, Executor of the Estate of William C. Draher, deceased, sought to require Irene T. Bauer, appellee herein, to account for $4,000 in cash she had obtained from the decedent in his lifetime.

It is the contention of petitioner-appellant in this Court, that Irene T. Bauer, respondent and appellee, has not proved the gift to her by clear, satisfactory, unequivocal, and convincing evidence, as required by law. Respondent-appellee herein contends that the money in question…