IN RE ESTATE OF LETCHES

No. 79-227.

79 Ill. App.3d 772 (1979)

398 N.E.2d 1043

In re ESTATE OF CAROLINE J. LETCHES, Deceased. — (MAE D. SHARPE, a/k/a Mamie Kananen, Petitioner-Appellee, v. PETER G. PORIKOS, Ex'r of the Estate of Caroline J. Letches, et al., Respondents — (SAMUEL J. BETAR, Public Administrator, et al., Respondents-Appellants).)

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

Opinion filed December 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Kienlen, of Chicago, for appellant Samuel J. Betar.

Henry T. Synek, of Chicago, for other appellants.

Richard Altieri, of Chicago, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE PERLIN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondents, the administrator of the estate of Caroline Letches and the legatees under the purported will of Caroline Letches, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County setting aside the will and ordering that the probate thereof be null and void. The issues presented for review are (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion in proceeding without the presence...

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