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ESTATE OF NEWELL

Gen. No. 53,565.

119 Ill. App.2d 385 (1970)

256 N.E.2d 53

Estate of Esther M. Newell, Deceased. Marjorie Hibbe and Jeanette Knauer, Respondents-Appellants, v. Mary J. Palmer, Individually, as Administratrix and Co-Executrix, and Arthur T. McGivern, as Co-Executor of the Estate of Esther M. Newell, Deceased, Petitioners-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

January 14, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston, Strawn, Smith & Patterson, of Chicago (George B. Christensen, Charles J. Calderini, and Kenneth G. Pigott, of counsel), for appellants.

Richard Altieri and Roland Towle, of Chicago, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE DRUCKER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order admitting to probate the will of Esther M. Newell, deceased.

The facts are not in dispute. On June 16, 1968, Esther M. Newell died in Chicago, Illinois. She left as her only heirs at law and next of kin four cousins, two of whom are appellants in this case. Letters of administration were issued to Mary J. Palmer on June 21, 1968. A document purporting to be the last will...

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