Legal Opinion

Floto v. Floto

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1904PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ogle county; the Hon. O. E. Heard, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Ricks

Ernest Floto died April 17, 1900, leaving an estate worth about $20,000, consisting of realty and personalty. He had no children or descendants of children, but left his widow and certain collateral kindred as his heirs-at-law. In May of that year Margaret Floto, his widow, filed a petition to probate an alleged last will and testament of the deceased. In this petition the appellee named as heirs-at-law and next of kin of her husband only herself and Lewis Floto, a brother of the deceased, suggesting in her petition that there might be other heirs-at-law in Germany but that their identity or…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wright v. SimpsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Roy v. SegristSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851
  3. In re Estate of CobbCalifornia Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Boyles v. BoylesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
  5. Charlebois v. BourdonMontana Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Nicholson v. LeathamCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1915
  2. Schofield v. ThomasIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  3. In Re Ditz'EstateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
  4. Petta v. HostIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Walker v. CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1920

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