Brandt v. Federal Sign & Signal Corp.

The record in this case discloses that Pervus Brandt had operated a nursery business in Chicago under the name of Brandt’s Nursery. On February 16, 1966, Brandt was declared incompetent by the Will County Circuit Court, and his wife, Edith Brandt, was appointed Conservator of his estate. Pervus Brandt died about six months later (August 18, 1966) and had never been restored to his rights. After Mrs. Brandt had been appointed Conservator, she moved the nursery business to Monee, Illinois, where she operated under the name of Brandt’s Nursery. In Monee, in the conduct of the nursery business,…