IN RE ESTATE OF NORTON

No. 3-86-0265.

149 Ill. App.3d 404 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 1022

In re ESTATE OF MERCEDES M. NORTON, Deceased (Betty Jane Gillett et al., Executors of the Estate of Mercedes M. Norton, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Roy Norton, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed November 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon L. Lamet, of Warsaw, for appellants.

Albert V. Ancelet and Ross A. Robinson, both of Capps, Ancelet & Stoverink, of Carthage, for appellee.


Order affirmed.

JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

On behalf of the estate of Mercedes Norton (the estate), its co-executors Betty Jane Gillett and William L. Hamrick appeal from the order granting summary judgment to the defendant, Roy Norton. On appeal, the plaintiffs argue that the defendant, not the estate, was liable for Mercedes' funeral expenses.

On March 5, 1985, Mercedes died testate, leaving the defendant surviving spouse...

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