Merchants Loan & Trust Co. v. Northern Trust Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Appellees, as testamentary trustees of the residuary estate of Marshall Field, deceased, filed their bill in the circuit court of Cook county for a construction of the will of Marshall Field in so far as it relates to their powers of investment of the residuary estate in certain forms of property. The circuit court entered a decree construing the will, and an appeal was thereupon prayed to this court. We were of the opinion that a freehold was not involved and transferred the cause to the Appellate Court for the First District. (245 Ill. 511.) That court affirmed the decree of the circuit…
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