Baker v. Devlin

This is an appeal from a decree entered in the probate court of Cook county which directed the administrator of the estate of Richard Sorensen, deceased, to sell certain real estate to pay debts. A freehold was involved and this court has jurisdiction by a direct appeal. Anderson v. Anderson, 338 Ill. 309; Bondurant v. Bondurant, 251 Ill. 324.

Richard Sorensen died in April, 1935, intestate. Appellants, Lena Kooper, a sister of decedent, and Evelyn Sorensen Devlin, a niece, were his only heirs-at-law. They petitioned the probate court for the appointment of Hart E. Baker as administrator.…