Booker v. Lal

THIRD DIVISION

March 01, 2000

No. 1-99-2197

ANNIE BOOKER, Independent Adm'r ) Appeal from the

of the Estate of Queen Ester Purnell, ) Circuit Court of

Deceased, ) Cook County)

Plaintiff-Appellant, )) No. 95 L 3192))

SURENDER LAL and JAMES SCHIAPPA, ) Honorable) Ronald F. Bartkowicz,

Defendants-Appellees. ) Judge Presiding.

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a variation on the "rich old bachelor" scenario that turns up in law school estates courses. If a rich old Illinois bachelor dies without a will, our Probate Act tells the probate court how to distribute his estate.…