Piff v. Berresheim

John Piff, plaintiff, filed his suit in equity in the circuit court of Cook County for an accounting against George J. Berresheim, trustee of certain real estate, and Mary P. Daly et al., who were the holders and owners Of the beneficial certificates in said trust. The suit is based upon the sale by the trustee, under the direction of the holders of the beneficial certificates, of two certain lots, which the plaintiff had purchased and paid for in full. The court rendered a decree for money damages in favor of the plaintiff because the lots had been conveyed to an innocent purchaser for…