Legal Opinion

Witt v. Gardiner

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 14, 1895PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Greene county; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey

This was a bill in chancery, brought by Freddie T. Witt, by his guardian, against Christopher J. Gardiner and others, to contest the will of Elizabeth Gardiner, deceased. The will was executed January 23, 1892, and the testatrix died March 1, 1894, leaving the complainant, her grandson and only heir-at-law, and being at the time of her death the owner and in possession of certain parcels of real estate, and also owning other property of the aggregate value of several thousand dollars. After the death of the testatrix the will was filed in the county court for probate, but probate thereof was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Reed v. RobertsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1858
  2. Ambre v. WeishaarIllinois Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Drury v. ConnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Calkins v. CalkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  3. In Re Demaris' EstateOregon Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Ellis v. FlanniganIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Quirk v. PiersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1919

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