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IN RE ESTATE OF JOHNSTONE

Gen. No. 50,147.

64 Ill. App.2d 447 (1965)

212 N.E.2d 143

In the Matter of the Estate of Robert B. Johnstone, Jr., a Minor. Eloise Johnstone, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Elizabeth W. Johnstone, Guardian of the Estate of Robert B. Johnstone, Jr., a Minor, and Robert B. Johnstone, Jr., Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied December 2, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira D. Schultz, of Chicago, for appellant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (L. Duncan Lloyd and Kennen E. Wiese, of counsel), for appellees.

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

This suit arises out of a claim filed by petitioner, Eloise Johnstone, against the minor's estate of her stepson, Robert B. Johnstone, Jr., for amounts expended by her and obligations incurred by her in financing his college education. She based her claim upon the contention that in modern society and under the circumstances of this case a college education falls within the legal definition of a "necessary...

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