O'Brien v. Dopak

This was a citation proceeding brought by Josephine O’Brien and Genevieve Bujak, administratrixes of the Estate of Catherine Morys, deceased, to recover the beneficial interest in an Illinois land trust which Catherine Morys assigned to Bernice Dopak, the respondent in the citation.1 After hearing the evidence and arguments of counsel, the trial court entered an order dismissing the citation and discharging Bernice Dopak. In this appeal, the issue presented is whether assignment to Bernice Dopak by Catherine Morys of her beneficial interest in a land trust was an inter vivos gift. The facts…