Werner v. Siefker

Plaintiffs Velma Werner and Norma Riegel appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Will County reaffirming a decision of that court finding that the amended complaint of plaintiffs should be dismissed because the issue raised had been fully litigated. The action was commenced by tlie two sisters against their brother individually, and as executor of their mother’s estate. The action was instituted to enforce the terms of a joint will executed by the decedent Rose Siefker and her deceased husband. The trial court dismissed the amended complaint on the ground that the contractual effect of…