Grot v. First Bank of Schaumburg

SIXTH DIVISION

September 5, 1997

No. 1-96-3792

ZIGGY GROT, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Cook County.)

v. ))

FIRST BANK OF SCHAUMBURG, ) Honorable) John W. Gustafson,

Defendant-Appellee. ) Judge Presiding

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the

court:

Ziggy Grot (plaintiff) alleges in count II of his complaint that First Bank of Schaumburg (defendant or the bank), as land trustee, breached a fiduciary duty owed to plaintiff by executing a note and mortgage encumbering the trust property pursuant to an allegedly forged letter of direction generated by…