Legal Opinion

Farkas v. Williams

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 16, 1955No. 33389PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hershey

This is an appeal from a decision of the Appellate Court, First District, which affirmed a decree of the circuit court of Cook County finding that certain declarations of trust executed by Albert B. Farkas and naming Richard J. Williams as beneficiary were invalid and that Regina Farkas and Victor Farkas, as coadministrators of the estate of said Albert B. Farkas, were the owners of the property referred to in said trust instruments, being certain shares of capital stock of Investors Mutual, Inc.

Said coadministrators, herein referred to as plaintiffs, filed a complaint in the circuit court of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Van Cott v. . PrenticeNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
  2. Gurnett v. Mutual Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Bear v. Millikin Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Kelly v. ParkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Bromley v. MitchellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892

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3Cited by44 opinions

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  2. Johnson v. La Grange State BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Montgomery v. MichaelsIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
  4. In Re Estate of PetraliaIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Lewis v. HansonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1957

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