American National Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago v. Edith Rockefeller McCormick Trust

The following opinion was filed December 8, 1936:

Rosenberry, C. J.

The trust deed as originally signed, acknowledged, and delivered named the Chicago Title & Trust Company as trustee and Abel Davis as cotrustee. Subsequently the Chicago Title & Trust Company resigned as trustee and the Trust Company was appointed successor trustee. It is the contention of the appealing defendants that because the Trust Company had not complied with the provisions of sec. 226.02 (2), (3) (f), Stats., by filing a power of attorney, etc., it was without legal capacity to maintain the action. It is argued that…