Legal Opinion

Simpson v. Simpson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1916PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Denis E. Sullivan, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan

Appellants filed in the superior court of Cook county against appellees, as heirs, devisees and legal representatives of Robert Simpson, deceased, grandfather of appellants, their bill praying that the order and judgment of the probate court of Cook county denying the probate of the will of said deceased and ordering letters of administration be set aside and that a hearing de novo might be had as to the validity of said will and of the capacity of the said testator to make and publish the same. There was also a prayer for general relief in the bill. A general and special demurrer was filed…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sharp v. SharpIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Wright v. SimpsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Peak v. ShastedIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
  4. Seward v. CeaseIllinois Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Flynn v. FlynnIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Skaggs v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Research Hospital v. Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Simpson v. AndersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Collins v. HastingsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1936

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