In re Noble
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook ■county; the Hon. Lorin C. Collins, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook ■county; the Hon. Lorin C. Collins, Judge, presiding. A paper purporting to be the last will and testament of John Noble, deceased, was presented to the probate court of Cook county, by Edward P. Savage and Otis K. A. Hutchinson, the •executors, for prohate, and an order was entered in that court admitting it to probate as the last will and testament of John Noble. Robert W. Robinson appealed from that order to the circuit court, where like action was had, and upon appeal to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shope
This being an appeal to the circuit court from an order of the probate court admitting the writing presented as the last will and testament of John Noble, deceased, to probate, the ■evidence in the circuit court to prove the will was properly ■confined to that of the subscribing witnesses. Andrews v. Black, 43 Ill. 256; Weld v. Sweeney, 85 id. 50.
The instrument here sought to be proba.ted was attested by Henry Hood and S. L. Mcllvaine, only. It was shown that said Hood was a gambler, had been charged with embezzlement, and at the time his deposition was taken, was awaiting sentence on his…
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