IN RE ESTATE OF BICHL

Gen. No. 49,971.

65 Ill. App.2d 3 (1965)

213 N.E.2d 83

In the Matter of the Estate of Bertha Bichl, Formerly Incompetent, Now Deceased. Frank T. Platka, Jr., as Executor of the Estate of Bertha Bichl, Deceased, on Behalf of Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago, Illinois, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago National History Museum, the Illinois Industrial Home for the Blind, the Washingtonian Home of Chicago and the Supreme Lodge of the World Loyal Order of Moose, Petitioner for Citation, Appellant, v. Bernice Carone, Individually and as Conservator of the Estate of Bertha Bichl, Incompetent, Respondent to Citation, Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

November 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruddy & Myler, of Aurora (Charles J. Myler, of counsel), and Lee, Gieren & Phelan, of Chicago (William H. LeVitus, of counsel), for appellants.

Fleck & Pollack, of Chicago (Charles J. Fleck and William E. Pollack, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE LYONS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order of dismissal, entered at the close of petitioner's evidence, in a citation proceeding brought pursuant to the Probate Act.

Petitioner, Frank T. Platka, Jr., testified that he was the attorney for Bertha Bichl and her deceased husband, Thomas Bichl, since 1929; that in 1943, he had purchased, with Thomas Bichl, a twenty-one apartment building in Chicago; that Thomas Bichl...

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