Northern Trust Co. v. Porter

Caroline McWilliams died in 1913 leaving a will by which she bequeathed certain property (known as the McWilliams fund) to her daughter, Frances Lee Porter, as trustee, to receive the income for life. In addition, Frances Lee Porter was given the general power to appoint the fund by her will. In 1931, Mrs. Porter instituted suit against her son, Washington Porter II, in the superior court of Cook county. The bill of complaint is lengthy, but, in substance, alleges that Washington Porter II had, over a long period of time, schemed and contrived to strip Mrs. Porter of practically everything…