Entwistle v. Meikle
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ford county; the Hon. G. W. Patton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed October 14, 1898, in the circuit court of Ford county, by Thomas Entwistle, James Entwistle and the children of John Entwistle, deceased, to set aside the will of James Entwistle, deceased. Thomas Entwistle and James Entwistle are sons, and the children of John Entwistle, the other complainants, are children of a deceased son of the testator.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ford county; the Hon. G. W. Patton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed October 14, 1898, in the circuit court of Ford county, by Thomas Entwistle, James Entwistle and the children of John Entwistle, deceased, to set aside the will of James Entwistle, deceased. Thomas Entwistle and James Entwistle are sons, and the children of John Entwistle, the other complainants, are children of a deceased son of the testator. The defendants are Elizabeth Meikle, a daughter, and George Entwistle and William Henry Entwistle, also sons of the testator. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The principal question to be determined on this record is whether the evidence sustains the verdict of the jury that the testator was of sound mind and memory at the time of the execution of the will. There is no evidence in the record to sustain the charge of undue influence, and it appears to have been abandoned.
It appears that the deceased, James Entwistle, came and settled with his family on some raw land in Ford county, five or six miles from Piper City, in the year 1868. He had a family of six children. Two, John and James, were children by his first wife, and four, George, William…
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