Webb v. Reeser

On June 16, 1987, and during the administration of the estate of Emma Lucille Reeser Lewis in the circuit court of McLean County, petitioner Marilyn Webb, a legatee under the will of that decedent, filed a petition in that proceeding to recover assets. The respondent to that petition was Jerry Reeser, who was then serving as executor in that estate. In dispute was the ownership of two certificates of deposit (CDs), the signature cards for which set forth a statutory joint tenancy (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 17, par. 3304 — 8 (formerly Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 17, par. 3101)) in the decedent…