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IN RE ESTATE OF BAKHAUS

No. 31998.

410 Ill. 578 (1951)

102 N.E.2d 818

IN RE ESTATE OF WILLIAM F. BAKHAUS. — (WILLIAM BAKHAUS, Exr., Appellee, v. AUGUST BAKHAUS et al., Appellants.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 21, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BARR & BARR, and BUTZ, BLANKE & STITH, both of Joliet, for appellants.

JAMES E. BURKE, of Joliet, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

William F. Bakhaus, a resident of Crete, Illinois, died on July 9, 1947. A document purporting to be his last will and testament was found in a drawer in the harness shop which he operated in the basement of his home on July 14, 1947. The instrument consisted of two pages of typewriting, and is as follows:

Page 1

"KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, William...

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