IN RE ESTATE OF HUGHLETT

No. 82-393.

113 Ill. App.3d 910 (1983)

446 N.E.2d 887

In re ESTATE OF SAMUEL J. HUGHLETT, Deceased. — (Michael H. McCoy, Adm'r de bonis non with Will annexed of the Estate of Samuel J. Hughlett, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Dorothy Jane Mattison et al., Respondents-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed March 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. McClanathan and Robert J. Schmelzle, both of Schmelzle, Kroeger, Eckert, Burt & McClanathan, of Freeport, for appellants.

Nack, Richardson & Kelly, of Galena, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HOPF delivered the opinion of the court:

Samuel J. Hughlett died on April 4, 1945, leaving a will that was executed on May 23, 1932. Samuel was survived by his wife, Dorothy W. Hughlett.

Under Samuel's will, Dorothy was to receive all the income from his estate during her life, with the right to use of the principal if necessary. Upon Dorothy's death, all remaining property was to pass to Samuel's surviving children....

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