In Re Estate of Leichtenberg

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court on appeal from the probate court. In the probate court the blood relatives of Barbara Leichtenberg, deceased, were adjudged to be her heirs. Victor Mueller objected to the declaration of heirship made by that court and appealed to the circuit court, which held that the decedent left, as her sole heir and next of kin, Victor Mueller. James J. Remich and other blood relatives of the decedent, hereinafter called “Remich,” appealed to this court.

In 1918 John Leichtenberg and Barbara, his wife, residents of Chicago having no children, filed a…