Northern Trust Co. v. Swartz

Complainants, the Northern Trust Company, administrator of the estate of Mary E. Swartz, and Julia E. Elughes and Edwin J. Fort, filed their bill in chancery against defendants, John E. Swartz, Cora A. Swartz, and John E. Swartz as administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Thomas B. Swartz, to set aside certain gifts of personal property claimed by John E. and Cora A. Swartz, his wife, to have been made to them by Mary E. Swartz during her lifetime. The bill alleged the gifts were claimed by defendants by virtue of letters and correspondence written by Mrs. Swartz in…