Ellis v. King

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Winnebago county denying defendants, Alice King and Helen Carter, a credit of $3,500 on their account, as trustee, for the payment of a mortgage on a parcel of real estate held in trust for the plaintiff, Charles Weldon Ellis, and rendering judgment against defendants individually, and as trustees, in the sum of $4,450. Plaintiff has filed a cross appeal from that portion of the decree allowing defendants a credit of $150 for attorney fees, and rejecting plaintiff’s claim for interest on the sums withheld by the trustees.

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