Legal Opinion

McGrady v. McGrady

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1921No. 13815PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

Barney McGrady died in April, 1920, at the age of seventy-four years. He left a widow, and his heirs were his sons, Ralph and Bert, his daughters, Pearl Landwair and Florence Sollars, and his grand-daughter, Macie Houch, daughter of his deceased son, William. A will which he had executed on July 17, 1918, was admitted to probate, and all the heirs except Florence Sollars filed a bill against her and the widow to contest the will, alleging that the testator at the time of its execution was of unsound mind, and that Ocelia McGrady, his widow, and Florence Sollars, his daughter, induced him to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McCommon v. McCommonIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Kimball v. CuddyIllinois Supreme Court · 1886

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Lewis v. DeamudeIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Pendarvis v. GibbIllinois Supreme Court · 1927
  3. Miles v. LongIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Applehans v. JurgensonIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
  5. Biggerstaff v. WicksIllinois Supreme Court · 1932

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