Pillsbury v. Early

On January 26, 1921, Mary L. Pillsbury, who will hereinafter be referred to as plaintiff, filed her claim in the probate court of Cook county against the estate of John Early, deceased. There seems to have been a nominal hearing and the claim was allowed for $100. An appeal was taken to the circuit court of Cook county, where there was a trial before a judge and a jury and a verdict and judgment for $7,500 was rendered in favor of plaintiff, and the administrator, who will be hereinafter referred to as the defendant, prosecutes this appeal.

The record discloses that plaintiff’s claim as filed…