Shaw v. Weisz

Mr. Presiding Justice Friend

delivered the opinion of the court.

The administratrix and heirs of Arthur F. Shaw, Jr., the deceased beneficiary of a trust, brought suit for discovery of facts concerning his interest in the trust and for distribution of the trust estate. After continued efforts to obtain, before trial, the disclosure of facts to which they claim to be entitled, the matter was reached for hearing before the master to whom it had been referred, upon the merits as to whether plaintiffs were entitled to receive distribution of the trust estate; and upon their statement that they were…