IN RE ESTATE OF WATSON

No. 2-83-0784.

127 Ill. App.3d 186 (1984)

468 N.E.2d 836

In re ESTATE OF JEANETTE T. WATSON, Deceased (Thomas Watson, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WILLIAM WALSH, Ex'r of the Estate of Jeanette T. Watson, Deceased, et al., Respondents-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed August 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.J. Hardiman, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant.

LeRoy W. Gudgeon, of Northfield, and Ellis E. Fuqua and Douglas W. Stiles, both of Fuqua, Winter, Wysocki and Stiles, Ltd., of Waukegan, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Thomas Watson, appeals from a judgment which dismissed his petition to set aside the will of Jeanette T. Watson, deceased, on the grounds petitioner lacked standing to contest the will and that the petition failed to state a cause of action. He also appeals from the order of the trial court which denied all discovery to petitioner until the petition stated a cause of action...

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