Wiener v. Severson

Mr. Chibe Justice Keingbiee

delivered the opinion of the court:

Emma S. Wiener, trustee of a testamentary trust established by the will of her deceased father, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Lake County seeking directions in terminating the trust and approval of certain disbursements. Her brother, Edgar Severson, filed an answer and counterclaim for an accounting. Before a hearing was had the plaintiff died, the executor of her will was substituted in her place, and the beneficiaries thereunder were permitted to intervene. The defendant, Edgar Severson, thereafter moved for summary…