Meeker v. Meeker
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. S. M. Moore, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by Theodore and Elizabeth Bond against Elizabeth Meeker, to contest the validity of the last will and testament of Joseph Meeker, deceased, and also a codicil thereto. The material facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
Appellants filed their hill in the Superior Court of Cook county, against appellee, to set aside the will of Joseph Meeker, deceased, which was executed on the 13th day of May, 1871, and the codicil thereto attached, bearing date the 27th day of November of the same year. The grounds upon which it is sought to impeach the will áre, first, the want of capacity in testator, when he executed these instruments, to make a testamentary disposition of his property; and on the further ground that appellee had, by undue influence' over testator, procured these instruments to be made, which, it is…
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