ESTATE OF MESKIMEN

Gen. No. 51,472.

84 Ill. App.2d 471 (1967)

228 N.E.2d 255

Estate of Olive Cline Meskimen, a/k/a Olive Cline, Deceased. Lawrence L. Meskimen, Respondent-Appellant, v. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, Petitioner-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied July 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boodell, Sears, Foster, Sugrue & Crowley, of Chicago (Barnabas F. Sears and Gerald M. Sheridan, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

Hubachek, Kelly, Miller, Rauch & Kirby, and J. Glenn Bonnefoi, of Chicago (Thomas W. Bloss, of counsel), for appellee.


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

Respondent, Lawrence L. Meskimen, appeals from the admission to probate of the will of Olive Cline Meskimen, his deceased wife, who died December 23, 1965, without descendants. A so-called "pour-over" will and a separate trust agreement were both executed by the decedent on September 8, 1965. The will was admitted to probate over respondent's objections that the will should not be admitted without the...

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