In Re Estate of Hall

PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Testamentary trust.

Title to land vests upon death of the testator.

Trust income during probate should have gone to the income beneficiary and not used for costs of administration.

We reverse.

The will of Ode Hall devised all of Ode’s real estate to the John Warner Bank of Clinton, Illinois, as trustee. Ode’s sister, Gertrude Connors, and brother, William Hall, were the income beneficiaries of the trust. William predeceased Ode, leaving Gertrude as the sole income beneficiary.

The estate became indebted for State and Federal estate taxes…