Smith v. Northern Trust Co.

Plaintiff appeals from a decree refusing to set aside and hold as void a certain trust agreement as amended, executed by her deceased husband, Elmo V. Smith, conveying to The Northern Trust Company, as trustee, approximately $50,000 in personal property, being substantially all his estate, and holding that plaintiff was not entitled to any portion of the trust fund.

Smith was divorced July 21, 1939, and on July 29, 1939, married plaintiff; he was then receiving a pension from the American Bridge Company, of which he had been general manager, and owned about $50,000 in stocks, bonds and cash;…