Lewark v. Dodd
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar M. Torrison, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Appellee, Elmer N. Lewark, a minor, in June, 1917, filed a bill by his next friend in the circuit court of Cook county to contest the will of Lula G. Knorr upon the ground of the insanity of the testatrix and the undue influence of the sole devisee with reference to the same. Upon the trial of the issue in the circuit court the jury returned a verdict finding that the instrument in question was not the last will and testament of Lula G. Knorr, and the court rendered a decree adjudging the will, and the probate thereof, void. This appeal followed.
Lula G. Knorr executed the instrument here in…
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