Bailey v. Oberlander

Appellant, Mary E. Bailey, filed her bill in the circuit court of Cook county to contest the will of her sister, Sarah E. Savage, on the ground of her mental inability to execute the will and on the ground of the fraud, deceit, misrepresentation and undue influence of her brother, George Oberlander, who was the principal beneficiary under the will. There was a trial by jury, a verdict and decree sustaining the will, and an appeal has been prosecuted to this court.

At the time the will was executed the testatrix was about seventy-six years old. For many years she was a teacher in the Chicago…