Legal Opinion
Ford v. Newman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 29, 1978No. 14790PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN
delivered the opinion of the court:
This appeal concerns the question of whether the adopted children of Tod Ford III were included in the reference to his “issue” and “lawful issue” made by his mother Lillian S. Timken in a trust indenture executed by her on December 31, 1941.
On July 16, 1969, plaintiff Robert Freeman Ford and Bank of Pontiac, trustees under the indenture, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Livingston County seeking various types of relief. The complaint alleged in part that John Robert Ford and Becky Lou Ford White, the adopted children of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. ClancyIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
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- Johnson v. LaGrange State BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Sterling Finance Management, L.P. v. UBS Painewebber, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2002
- Ford v. NewmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
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