IN RE ESTATE OF DOSSETT

No. 3-86-0629.

159 Ill. App.3d 466 (1987)

512 N.E.2d 807

In re ESTATE OF MARY T. DOSSETT, a/k/a Mayme Dossett, Deceased (Phoebe Graff, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James Bennet, Indiv. and as Ex'r of the Estate of Decedent, et al., Respondents-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed August 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy V. Johnson, of Johnson, Frank, Frederick & Walsh, of Urbana (Glenn Muller, of counsel), for appellant.

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Peoria (Bradford B. Ingram, of counsel), for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner Phoebe Graff appeals from judgment of the circuit court of Tazewell County granting respondents' motion for a directed verdict at the close of petitioner's case in chief and dismissing her complaint. For reasons that follow, we reverse.

Mary T. (Mayme) Dossett, a widow, died on September 27, 1982, at age 84. A will dated March 1, 1982, was admitted to probate...

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