Trubey v. Richardson
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding. On August 3, 1905, the plaintiff in error, Esdras B. Trubey, filed his bill in the circuit court of Cook county to contest the last will and testament of his wife, Luella B. Trubey.
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Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding. On August 3, 1905, the plaintiff in error, Esdras B. Trubey, filed his bill in the circuit court of Cook county to contest the last will and testament of his wife, Luella B. Trubey. The bill alleged that on December 6, 1904, the said Luella B. Trubey executed an instrument purporting to ■be her last will and testament and departed this life June 3, 1905, leaving the complainant, her husband, and Mollie G. Taylor and Laura Russell, her sisters, and P. Henry Bridge-water and Walter S. Bridgewater,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
It is first insisted by plaintiff in error that the verdict is contrary to the evidence. It appears from the testimony that the testatrix had been married twice. Her first husband died in 1901, leaving her with property of the value of about $25,000, consisting of her home in the city of Chicago, a flat-building adjoining it, two other pieces of property in the city, and certain loans and stocks, which is the same property sought to be disposed of by her will being contested. On April 20, 1903, she was married to the plaintiff in error, and he and his daughter resided with her until about the…
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- Biggerstaff v. BiggerstaffIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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