In Re Estate of Crane

Mr. Presiding Justice Wolfe

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Estate of Herbert P. Crane, deceased, appealed from an order of the probate court of Kane county, allowing the claim of Elida E. Piza in the amount of $275,493.40. The circuit court of Kane county, in a trial de novo, dismissed the claim on the ground that it had been adjudicated in a prior proceeding between the same parties. From this order, and from the circuit court’s denial of claimant’s motion to vacate the order, the claimant, Elida E. Piza, has prosecuted this appeal.

The primary issue presented here is whether the…