Kahn v. First Nat. Bank of Chicago

PRESIDING JUSTICE MANNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant, Ada P. Kahn (hereinafter claimant), appeals from an order of the circuit court granting summary judgment on behalf of The First National Bank of Chicago (hereinafter First National or the executor), the executor of the estate of the decedent William Carmel (hereinafter decedent). On November 25, 1985, the decedent executed a will, which, among other things, left the residue of his estate to be distributed to First National, as trustee, under a trust agreement that he also executed on that date. The trust agreement, in…