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IN RE ESTATE OF SHELTON

No. 12120.

19 Ill. App.3d 542 (1974)

311 N.E.2d 780

In re ESTATE OF FRANK SHELTON, Deceased — (JAMES THOMAS ELLIS, JR., Petitioner-Appellant, v. MARJORIE GEORGE et al., Respondents-Appellees.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

May 21, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fellheimer & Fellheimer, of Pontiac (Charles E. Glennon, of counsel), for appellant.

Peter F. Ferracuti & Associates, Ltd., of Ottawa (John Panegasser, of counsel), for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial court adjudged the will of Frank Shelton to be without any force and effect and held that his estate should pass as intestate property to the half-sister of the decedent, who was his sole and only heir-at-law. We reverse.

Frank Shelton's will was executed in 1959. It gave all of his property to "my wife,...

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