Dickie v. Carter
Illinois Supreme Court
Wbit of Error to the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. William H. Greek, Judge, presiding. At the September Term, 1865, of the County Court of Alexander county, James H. Carter produced an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Burnett, deceased, and asked that the same be admitted to record as such. The heirs at law contested the will, and the County Court refused to record it.
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Wbit of Error to the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. William H. Greek, Judge, presiding. At the September Term, 1865, of the County Court of Alexander county, James H. Carter produced an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Burnett, deceased, and asked that the same be admitted to record as such. The heirs at law contested the will, and the County Court refused to record it. From that decision Carter appealed to the Circuit Court of Alexander county. The case was tried at the June Term, 1866, by a jury, who found the instrument in question to be the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This cause originated before the court of probate of Alexander county, in which Carter, the defendant in error, produced an instrument in writing, which he claimed to be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Burnett, deceased, and moved the court that it might be recorded as such.
The probate court heard the testimony of the subscribing and other witnesses, and decided that the instrument was not sufficiently attested, and that the testatrix was not of sound mind and disposing memory and competent to make a will.
From this decision Carter appealed to the Circuit Court, and the cause was…
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