Killian v. Welfare Engineering Co.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Welfare Engineering Company, a corporation, from an order of the circuit court allowing a motion for summary judgment made by plaintiffs, Thomas J. Killian and Ethel M. Killian, in an action of forcible detainer.

Inasmuch as this appeal is solely on the pleadings and affidavits, this court is impelled to give close attention to the allegations set forth therein.

The complaint consists of four counts, and alleges, in substance, that on January 6, 1937, the trustees for the unsecured creditors of the First National Bank of Waukegan, Illinois were the owners of…