Legal Opinion
First National Bank of Chicago v. Mottola
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 4, 1969No. 68 C 1987PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILL, District Judge.
This action is brought by the First National Bank of Chicago for the construction of a will. Plaintiff, as trustee, seeks instructions on whether the will of John D. Hertz, Jr., exercised testamentary powers of appointment given him under the terms of certain trusts established by his father and mother in 1922. Named in the complaint as defendants are Thomas Mottola, individually and as Executor of the Estate of John Hertz, Jr., and eleven other individuals and institutions.
It appears from the face of the complaint that one defendant, John Ettlinger, is a trust…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Indianapolis v. Chase Nat. BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Meyer v. Construction CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Salem Trust Co. v. Manufacturers' Finance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- J. D. Bradley v. Maryland Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Northern Illinois Gas Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Airco Industrial Gases, a Division of Airco, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Sanyo Electric, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1983
- Irving Trust Co. v. Century Export & Import, S.A.District Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Baker v. National Boulevard Bank of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1975
- Iowa Public Service Co. v. Medicine Bow Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
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