Brown v. Commercial National Bank

The Commercial National Bank of Peoria, as trustee, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Peoria County seeking approval of its accounts and investment policy with respect to two irrevocable trusts established in 1962 by Clara K. Meyer, since deceased. A counterclaim was filed by her daughter, Claresa Armstrong Brown, the principal beneficiary under one of the trusts. The counterclaim seeks to set aside both trusts together with a third one made in i960, on the ground of undue influence on the part of the bank. After extensive hearings a decree was entered dismissing the counterclaim and…