GREELING v. ABENDROTH

No. 4-03-0810.

813 N.E.2d 768 (2004)

351 Ill. App.3d 658

286 Ill.Dec. 292

Patricia GREELING, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harry Joe ABENDROTH, Executor of the Estate of Margaret Cooper, Deceased; and Harry Joe Abendroth, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmond H. Rees, Brandenburg-Rees & Rees, Carlinville, for Harry Joe Abendroth.

Denis A. McGrady, Jr., McGrady Law Office, Gillespie, for Patricia Greeling.


Justice APPLETON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Patricia Greeling, and Margaret Cooper were joint tenants of a certificate of deposit purchased by Everette Cooper, Margaret's husband and plaintiff's father by a previous marriage. Soon after Everette died, Margaret and her son by a previous marriage, Harry Joe Abendroth, went to the bank and, although the certificate of deposit was still in plaintiff's possession, persuaded the bank to cash it. With...

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