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IN RE ESTATE OF SHAPIRO

Gen. No. 48,733.

43 Ill. App.2d 78 (1963)

192 N.E.2d 564

In the Matter of the Estate of Evelyn Shapiro, a/k/a Evelyn Abrams, Deceased. Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, and Gregory A. Gelderman, as Amicus Curiae in the Above Estate, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Harry Phillips, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

September 9, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry R. Booth, of Chicago, for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Gerald L. Mannix and Thomas A. Hett, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE ENGLISH delivered the opinion of the court.

Respondent appeals from an order of the Probate Court sentencing him to a term of ten days in jail for contempt of court. The charge, which was lodged on the court's own motion, involved the filing of an improperly executed document purporting to be the will of respondent's deceased sister, Evelyn Shapiro, whose estate was undergoing probate at the time...

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