Jackson v. Pillsbury

A decree of the circuit court of Cook county sustained the validity of a trust agreement and two supplements thereto between George E. Price and Lawrence K. Pillsbury. Plaintiffs, three of the four beneficiaries, prosecute a direct appeal. Defendant Pillsbury, the fourth beneficiary, has appealed separately from portions of the decree deemed adverse to him. A substantial part of the corpus of the trust which plaintiffs sought to set aside consists of real estate. The jurisdiction of this court is properly invoked, a freehold being necessarily involved. Seely v. Rowe, 370 Ill. 336; French v.…