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IN RE ESTATE OF JAMES

Gen. No. 10,036.

10 Ill. App.2d 232 (1956)

134 N.E.2d 638

In Matter of Estate of Samuel James, Deceased. C.A. Williams, Administrator of Estate of Samuel James, Deceased, et al., Petitioners, v. E.B. Van Scoyk, Executor of Last Will and Testament of Samuel James, Deceased, Respondent. E.B. Van Scoyk, Appellant, v. C.A. Williams, Administrator of Estate of Samuel James, Deceased, and Katie Mitchell, Sole Heir, Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied June 11, 1956.

Released for publication June 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Green, of Mattoon, for appellant.

Bennett & Bennett, Grendel F. Bennett, and Caslon K. Bennett, all of Marshall, and C.A. Williams, of Casey, for appellees.

JUDGE REYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Samuel James, a resident of Clark county, Illinois, died on August 29, 1950, at the age of 92. He was survived by his daughter, Katie Mitchell, an only child, and his sister Martha Spear. He left a purported will, by the terms of which he left all his property to his sister Martha Spear, except $500 which was bequeathed to the Presbyterian Church of Mattoon, Illinois...

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