Baron v. Northern Trust Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Helen Spircoff Baron (plaintiff), legatee under the will of Hillard W. Marks, filed an amended petition seeking payment by the co-executors, The Northern Trust Company and Mary G. Oppenheim (defendants), of sums alleged to have been wrongfully withheld from the distribution of plaintiff’s pecuniary legacy. Defendants filed an answer and the trial court, finding that the pleadings presented only questions of law, ordered the amended petition dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiff has appealed.

In this court, plaintiff urges that…