IN RE ESTATE OF ERICKSON

No. 4-05-0446.

841 N.E.2d 1104 (2006)

363 Ill. App.3d 279

299 Ill.Dec. 372

In re the ESTATE OF Lea J. ERICKSON, Deceased (William R. Erickson, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Julie A. Schackmann, Individually and as Trustee; Sandra McDougal, a/k/a Sandra MacDougal; and Sean Doggett, Defendants-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided January 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul T. Manion, J. Brian Manion, Manion, Devens, McFetridge & Schum, Ltd., Hoopeston, Terrance R. Miles, Danville, for Julie A. Schackmann.

Fred L. Hubbard, Danville, for William R. Erickson.


Justice KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

In July 2003, defendants, Julie A. Schackmann, Sandra McDougal, and Sean Doggett, each purchased for $10 a parcel of real property from Lea J. Erickson, just five days before Lea's death. After Lea died, William R. Erickson filed suit to challenge the transfers and argued the transfers violated the terms of the joint and mutual will Lea executed with her husband Charles R. Erickson. The Vermilion County circuit court...

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