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IN RE ESTATE OF PARKER

No. 62368.

42 Ill. App.3d 860 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 967

In re ESTATE OF MURIEL PARKER, Deceased. — (MARION H. HALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE et al., Defendants-Appellees.)

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

Opinion filed September 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberta Boarman and LeRoy P. Vital, both of Chicago (Harth, Vital, Stroger, Boarman and Williams, of counsel), for appellant.

Thomas M. Clarke, of Chicago, for appellee Barbara West.

Order reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue before the court is whether a trial court can refuse to admit to probate a writing which meets the requirements of section 69 of the Probate Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 3, par. 69), but which may not meet the definition of a will.

As the heir and named executor under the purported last will and testament of Muriel Parker, plaintiff Marion H. Hall appeals from an order...

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