Waldron v. Alexander
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. R. W. Clifford, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
On April 15,1887, Serotia A. Alexander, the appellee, filed in the probate court of Cook county a claim against the estate of Elijah S. Alexander, the intestate of appellants. Such proceedings were had in the probate court as that the claim was allowed to the extent of $9500. The now appellee, not being content with the amount thus allowed her, appealed to the circuit court, where there was a 'jury trial, and a verdict in her favor for a very much larger sum, and, a remittitur having first been entered, a judgment for her, and against the estate, for $26,847. On appeal to the Appellate Court…
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