BURKE v. BURKE

No. 34423.

12 Ill.2d 483 (1957)

147 N.E.2d 373

EDMUND J. BURKE, Appellee, v. JAMES D. BURKE et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HOLLERICH & HURLEY, of La Salle, for appellants.

POOL & LANGER, of Ottawa, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Edmund J. Burke brought this suit in the circuit court of La Salle County against James D. Burke, William Burke, Rose Widman, and Lillian O'Donnell, his brothers and sisters, and James D. Burke, as executor of the will of James N. Burke, the deceased father of the parties, for specific performance of an oral agreement to devise real estate...

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