Smith v. Fidelity Trust Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Edwards

delivered the opinion of the court.

On July 30,1930, appellee filed her bill against appellant, The Fidelity Trust Company, and one Berthold Heymann, for an accounting of funds claimed to have been intrusted to them by appellee for the purpose of investment.

On October 9, 1930, the defendants filed their joint answer, in which they averred: “These defendants admit that the complainant came to the Fidelity Trust Company and to Berthold Heymann, who was and is an officer of said Trust Company, and has immediate charge of the trust affairs of thé Fidelity Trust…