Bailey v. State Bank’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on American Bible Society v. Price · 76 Ill. 2d 226 - West v. West · 11 Ill. App. 3d 55 - Grissom v. Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District No. 8 · 15 Ill. App. 2d 230 - Sterling v. Kramer · 56 Ill. App. 3d 767 - Henkhaus v. Barton
Most-quoted passages
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“"The bill, it has been seen, charges that the testator had become, and was at the time of the making of the will, of unsound mind and memory, thus, in effect, simply putting in issue his testamentary capacity, which, by our statute, is defined to be that of being of a prescribed age, and `of sound mind and memory.' The only material question, manifestly, under this allegation, was whether the writing produced was the product of an unsound mind and memory. The specific name applied to describe that unsoundness, the means whereby the unsoundness was caused, or how it came about that the unsound mind and memory caused this writing to be drawn and signed, were matters of evidence that need not be alleged, and, if alleged, need not be proved." (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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