Rock Island Bank & Trust Co. v. Bladel

The Rock Island Bank and Trust Company brought its bill in the circuit court of Rock Island county for the construction of a certain trust agreement entered into on May 1, 1906, between Mrs. A. C. Denkmann and the Central Trust and Savings Bank (the said Central Trust and Savings Bank by merger having become consolidated with plaintiff trust company).

The trust agreement placed the sum of $5,000 in the custody and control of the trustee bank, providing that it should invest the same as it thought best, paying the interest therefrom to Johanna Bladel, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Denkmann, so long…