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YOWELL v. HUNTER

No. 30773.

403 Ill. 202 (1949)

85 N.E.2d 674

MARY MADGE YOWELL, Appellee, v. BENJAMIN F. HUNTER et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 11, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HAWBAKER & SIEVERS, of Monticello, and MONROE, ALLEN & McGAUGHEY, of Decatur, (ROY W. ADNEY, of Lebanon, Ind., of counsel,) for appellants.

MEYER & FRANKLIN, of Champaign, and RUSSELL I. RICHARDSON, of Lebanon, Ind., for appellee.

Decree reversed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the proponents from a decree of the circuit court of Piatt County which set aside an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Evangeline Hunter, deceased, on the ground that said instrument was forged by writing the language and body of the same around the penciled signature of the testator. A freehold being involved, the appeal is perfected...

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