Robert Sarvis v. BMO Harris Bank N.A.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Robert Sarvis appeals from the dismissal of his lawsuit claiming that BMO Harris Bank and several of his relatives mismanaged trusts that were intended to benefit his brother, Andrew, and also conspired to defraud him and Andrew of their rights to expected inheritances. Andrew is deceased, but Sarvis asserted that he has standing to litigate his brother’s claims, which, he insisted, had been assigned to him by the executor of Andrew’s estate. The district court reasoned that none of the claims belonging to Andrew had been assigned to Sarvis, and that Sarvis did not state any claim of his…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Robinson v. First State Bank of MonticelloIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
- Shriners Hospitals for Children v. BaumanIllinois Supreme Court · 2009
- Landstrom v. KrettlerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982