Keyes v. Estate of Lucy Thornton
Appellate Court of Illinois
Contested claim in court of probate. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorbance Dibell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
Appellee, executrix of the last will and testament of J ohn Keyes, deceased, filed a claim against the estate of Lucy Thornton, deceased, in the Probate Court of Will county, for care and maintenance of the decedent during the last six years of her life. The claim was disallowed, and an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of said county, where a trial was had before the court without a jury, and a judgment for $1,275.54 was rendered in favor of appellee, to which the administrator of the estate of Lucy Thornton excepted and prosecutes this further appeal.
Appellant contends that the judgment…
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