Wolfe v. Wolfe

The plaintiff, Judith D. Wolfe, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing her third amended complaint. The underlying dispute concerns real estate held in a land trust naming the defendant, James Wolfe and Judith Wolfe as joint tenant beneficiaries. James Wolfe exercised his sole power of direction to convey the trust assets into new trusts, the beneficial interests to which were vested in James and another defendant, his sister, Margaret Wolfe.

In the first count of the amended complaint the plaintiff seeks the declaration of a constructive trust in her favor with…