Newlin v. Newlin

One Allen Newlin died a resident of Illinois, leaving large holdings of real estate and personal property there and in this State, all of which he undertook to dispose of by a will establishing a testamentary trust. His son, the appellant, Carl A. Newlin, was appointed executor in Illinois and thereafter, apparently to obviate defects in the execution of the will, the beneficiaries under it, who were all the heirs of the deceased, executed, their spouses joining, a certain agreement and deed of trust to Carl A. Newlin, as trustee, whereby all of said property, real and personal, was conveyed…