BRECKHEIMER v. KRAFT

No. 54808.

133 Ill. App.2d 410 (1971)

273 N.E.2d 468

ADAM BRECKHEIMER et al., Petitioners, v. VIRGIL A. KRAFT, as Executor of the Last Will of CLARA B. JOHNSON, Deceased, et al., Respondents-Appellees — (MABEL REIHS (formerly MABEL SCHNEIKERT), Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

June 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Kenneth Friker, and Klein, Thorpe, Kasson & Jenkins, both of Chicago, and Virgil W. Kalchthaler, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, for appellant.

Donald L. Johnson, of Chicago, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Clara Johnson died on April 11, 1965, leaving a will drawn nine days earlier. Her will bequeathed her residuary estate in equal shares to "my beloved nephew Raymond Schneikert and Mabel Schneikert his wife, of Plymouth, Wisconsin."

At the time the will was executed, Raymond Schneikert's wife was not named Mabel. A former wife...

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