First National Bank & Trust Co. v. Severson

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The will of Dagney Severson, deceased, admitted to probate, left the entire estate to the Moody Memorial Church of Chicago; and named the First National Bank & Trust Co. of Rockford as executor. Eva Dobson was declared to be the niece and sole heir at law of the decedent, based upon her affidavit of heirship offered by the executor. Dobson then filed suit to contest the will. The trial court, on the executor’s motion in the probate proceedings based on discovery, vacated the previous order of heirship and declared the heirs of…