MATTER OF ESTATE OF WEBSTER

No. 1-90-2605.

574 N.E.2d 245 (1991)

214 Ill. App.3d 1014

158 Ill.Dec. 451

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF John R. WEBSTER, Deceased George W. Williams, Executor-Appellant, v. Edith L. Hardy, Legatee-Appellee; State of Illinois, Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

June 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Williams, Toledo, Ohio, for executor-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Joan S. Cherry, Deputy State's Atty., Civ. Actions Bureau, Donald M. Devlin, Asst. State's Atty., Supervisor, Sp. Litigation, Sheila Threlkelk, Asst. State's Atty., of counsel, Chicago, for appellee, State of Ill.


Justice MURRAY delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was filed in the circuit court of Cook County, Illinois for probate of the will of John R. Webster, and for distribution of the testator's assets thereunder. The circuit court ruled that the legacy to Betty Hardy Williams, testator's stepdaughter, and the contingent residuary legacy to Robert Bruce Williams, testator's stepgrandson, both lapsed pursuant to section 4-6 of the Illinois Probate Act (Probate...

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