Devine v. Stepanek
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. H. Sterling Pomeroy, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
After the death of Barbara Lukas, Lizzie Stepanek, the appellant, claiming to be a daughter of the deceased, applied for and was granted letters of administration on her estate. - She thereupon proceeded to collect the money on two certificates of deposit, one for two hundred dollars and the other for seven hundred dollars, which certificates had belonged to Mrs. Lukas.y Lizzie Stepanek was afterwards removed as administratrix, and John P. Devine appointed administrator de bonis non. Appellant retained the money collected on the certificates of deposit, claiming that Mrs. Lukas in her…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Robbins v. ButlerIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
- Selleck v. SelleckIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Shafer v. ManningAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907