Johnson v. Northern Trust Co.

Petitioner, Robert Johnson, filed a claim in the probate division of the circuit court of Cook County against the estate of his deceased mother, Bernice Johnson Winston. Respondent, Northern Trust Co., is the executor of the estate. Petitioner’s claim essentially allegéd that his mother, during her lifetime, had held certain assets — insurance proceeds, an interest in a partnership, a beneficial interest in a land trust, and 100 shares of stock — in trust for the benefit of petitioner and his brother, Harold Johnson; that his mother as trustee had converted the assets to her own use; and that…