Robinson v. First State Bank of Monticello

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• holding that a claim of tortious interference with an expected inheritance does not lie where a party has failed to contest the will under the provisions of the Probate Act
• refusing to allow post-probate action against wife of will beneficiary and non-beneficiary bank, when plaintiff heirs accepted a settlement agreement to not pursue a will contest
• “[I]f we were to allow the plaintiffs to maintain their tort action, we would be giving them a second bite of the apple and defeating the purpose of the exclusivity of a will contest under [the Probate Act].”
• “to allow the complaint to be filed here would permit the issue of undue influence, which would have been grounds for a will contest, to be litigated years after the will was admitted to probate and immune from contest on this issue.”
• refusing to allow post-probate claim against non-beneficiary bank
• refusing to allow post-probate claim against non-beneficiary bank

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