Johnson v. Johnson
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding. The original bill in this case was filed on July 20,1899, and the amended bill was filed on January 8, 1900. The object of the bill, as originally filed and as thus amended, is to set aside the will of Thomas Johnson, deceased, upon the alleged grounds, that the said testator was not of sound mind and memory when he made his will, and that he was under undue influence exercised…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding. The original bill in this case was filed on July 20,1899, and the amended bill was filed on January 8, 1900. The object of the bill, as originally filed and as thus amended, is to set aside the will of Thomas Johnson, deceased, upon the alleged grounds, that the said testator was not of sound mind and memory when he made his will, and that he was under undue influence exercised over him by the defendants in error, Ocdeviah Johnson, Jesse L. Johnson, and Phoebe H. Swigart. The bill also alleges that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—The certificate of evidence in this case sets forth twenty-eight instructions given for the defendants in error, the proponents of the will; also thirty instructions given for the plaintiffs in error, the contestants of the will; also six instructions asked by the plaintiffs in error, but refused, and then modified, and given as modified, both the instructions as originally drawn and the instructions as modified being set forth in the bill of exceptions. After thus setting forth the instructions given as originally drawn, and the instructions given as modified, the bill of exceptions…
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