County of Cook v. Richert

From December 1, 1935, to his death on August 29, 1948, Edward J. Kaindl was Recorder of Deeds of Cook county. During that period he collected various fees for acting as successor trustee or trustee under trust deeds in the nature of a mortgage, and principally in connection with executing releases of trust deeds in which the County Recorder of Cook county was designated successor trustee. His designation as successor trustee or as trustee was not in any case by name “Edward J. Kaindl” but was in every instance a designation of ‘' County Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois,” “Acting…