Legal Opinion
Farwell v. Illinois Merchants Trust Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 28, 1931No. Gen. No. 35,491PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
This is an appeal by the Illinois Merchants Trust Company, trustee, from an order that it pay to Loretta E. Farwell out of a trust estate held by it, $5,000, for the use of Hopkins, Starr & Hopkins for their services as solicitors of Loretta E. Farwell in this case. The propriety of this order is the only question for this court to decide.
The circumstances giving rise to this litigation are unusual. On May 28, 1918, Ava W. Farwell, hereafter called complainant, then 67 years of age, made a trust agreement conveying property valued at about $750,000 to The Northern Trust Company as trustee,…
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- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Harrison v. PereaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Ingraham v. IngrahamIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Woman's Union Missionary Society of America v. MeadIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Patterson v. Northern Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1919
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