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IN RE ESTATE OF BENTLEY

No. 56860.

14 Ill. App.3d 630 (1973)

303 N.E.2d 166

In re ESTATE OF LEON A. BENTLEY, Deceased. PHILIP L. HOWARD, as Admr. D.B.N.W.W.A. of the Estate of Leon A. Bentley, Deceased, Petitioner-Appellee, v. ROBERT B. MORSE, Respondent-Appellant — (ROSCOE MORRIS, Individually and as Exr. of the Estate of Virginia B. Bentley, Deceased, et al., Respondents-Appellees, and UNKNOWN HEIRS OR DEVISEES OF MARTHA BURMEISTER, Deceased, et al., Respondents.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied November 15, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Werdell, of Chicago, for appellant.

Walter H. Moses, Jr. and Jerome Lerner, both of Chicago, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Leon A. Bentley died on December 27, 1927, leaving an estate in excess of $480,000, and in addition thereto an annuity trust in the amount of $25,287.03 which is the subject of this litigation. By his Last Will and Testament, executed on December 22, 1923, specific legacies were made to several individuals, including Robert B. Morse, the testator's nephew and the respondent-appellant...

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