Johnson v. Farrell
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Jersey county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed in the circuit court of Jersey county on January 8, 1903, by the plaintiffs in error, Louisa Johnson and George Farrell, against the defendants in error, Mary E. Farrell, Lucy L. Goss, wife of Oscar Goss, Charles H. Farrell, John A. Farrell and Daniel D. Goodell to set aside the probate of the will of one John Farrell, deceased, upon the alleged grounds…
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Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Jersey county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed in the circuit court of Jersey county on January 8, 1903, by the plaintiffs in error, Louisa Johnson and George Farrell, against the defendants in error, Mary E. Farrell, Lucy L. Goss, wife of Oscar Goss, Charles H. Farrell, John A. Farrell and Daniel D. Goodell to set aside the probate of the will of one John Farrell, deceased, upon the alleged grounds that the testator, at the time of making his will, was not of sound mind and memory, and was unduly influenced by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—The case was submitted to the jury upon the two issues, whether or not the testator, at the time of making his will, was of sound mind and memory, and whether or not he was induced to make the same by undue influence. It is insisted on the part of plaintiffs in error that, upon these issues, the verdict of the jury should have been in favor of the complainants in the court below.
" VYe find no evidence in the record to sustain the charge that the testator was induced to make his will through undue influence of the defendants in error, his second wife and her children. He was an-old man…
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