Harrison v. Kamp

This case is a sequel to Harrison v. Kamp, 395 Ill. 11, and involves the question of the apportionment of solicitors’ fees in a successful cross complaint for partition. Only those facts pertinent to the present inquiry need be recounted here.

In 1933, Walter S. Harrison, acting in behalf of the legal owners and holders of mortgage notes aggregating $32,000, purchased the farm securing the notes at the foreclosure sale. A master’s deed was obtained in 1935 and, thereupon, a trust agreement was entered into between the noteholders and Harrison, as trasteé. The purpose of the trust was to…