Carmichael v. Reed
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McHenry county; the Hon. Theodore D. Murphy, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by the appellees against the appellants, in the Circuit Court of McHenry county, to set aside a will, on the ground that the testator had lost his reason and was incapable of making a will, and that his wife, having him entirely under her control and influence, fraudulently and by undue means caused him to make the will.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of McHenry county; the Hon. Theodore D. Murphy, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by the appellees against the appellants, in the Circuit Court of McHenry county, to set aside a will, on the ground that the testator had lost his reason and was incapable of making a will, and that his wife, having him entirely under her control and influence, fraudulently and by undue means caused him to make the will. The defendants filed their answer denying the material allegation of the bill. The complainants filed a replication, and an issue was made up “…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
This was a bill in chancery exhibited in the Circuit Court of McHenry county, by Sarah Reed and Melissa Shafley, claiming to be heirs at law of Hezekiah Carmichael, deceased, against Sarah Carmichael, his widow, and Mary E. Carmichael and others, claiming to be the devisees of Carmichael under his last will and testament.
The object of the bill was to set aside the will under which defendants.claimed, on the allegation, that, for more than ten years before the death of the testator, he was completely under the management and government of his wife, Sarah, and controllable at her will, and it…
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