Ruffing v. Glissendorf

This is a proceeding under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act to set aside the admission of a will to probate and to contest its validity. The petition was filed in the estate of the decedent more than nine months after the admission of the will to probate. The petitioners appeal from an order which struck and dismissed their petition.

On March 5, 1962, Anna G. King, in a conservatorship proceeding in the Probate Court of Cook County, was adjudicated “an incompetent” and “incapable of managing her person and estate.” Donald E. Nichols was appointed conservator of her estate and person. She…