Legal Opinion

In Re Schuyler

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1982No. 55034PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Ryan

This attorney disciplinary proceeding stems from the transfer of nearly $10,000 in 1970 from Hilda Waalkes, a 7 7-year-old lady who was living in a retirement home in Evanston, to the respondent, Daniel Merrick Schuyler, Jr., an attorney. The transaction did not come to light until after the death of Hilda Waalkes, who died in 1976.

The money was transferred to the respondent by Hilda following the death of her sister, Flora Waalkes. The transfers were made by four checks totaling $9,937.82 from different sources as follows:

Date: Maker: Amount: Payee: Source of Funds:

5/27/70 United of Omaha…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. In Re HopperIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
  2. In Re SaladinoIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
  3. McFail v. BradenIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
  4. The PEOPLE v. Ross (Pawlak)Illinois Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Nicholson v. ShockeySupreme Court of Virginia · 1951

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  4. In Re GerardIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
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