In Re Estate of Dossett

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner Phoebe Graff appeals from judgment of the circuit court of Tazewell County granting respondents’ motion for a directed verdict at the close of petitioner’s case in chief and dismissing her complaint. For reasons that follow, we reverse.

Mary T. (Mayme) Dossett, a widow, died on September 27, 1982, at age 84. A will dated March 1, 1982, was admitted to probate on October 29. Petitioner is the sister of the testatrix and her only heir at law. In the March 1982 will, petitioner was expressly disinherited “not through any lack of…