Strauss v. Phillips’s Empirical Analysis
1900
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
January 1902
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Shepard v. Speer · Elting v. First National Bank of Biggsville · Smith v. Smith · Winslow v. Leland · Goodman v. Kopperl
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““ The allowance against the Nebraska administrator was not conclusive against the Illinois administrator. Smith v. Smith, 174 Ill. 52 , and the cases there cited. Her claim was therefore open to contest when it came to be filed against Fitzgerald’s estate in the Probate Court of Cook County and the fact that it was allowed without objection by Phillips, the administrator, as of a particular class, does not prevent the Probate Court of Cook County from a re-examination of it at any time before distribution and adjusting it according to its real merits.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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