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CONTINENTAL NAT. BK. AND TRUST CO. v. ART INSTITUTE OF CHI.

No. 31864.

409 Ill. 481 (1951)

100 N.E.2d 625

CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CHICAGO, Exr., v. ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees. — (SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN et al., Appellants.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 17, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WALTER F. BOYE, of Chicago, and PAUL FARTHING, of Belleville, for appellant Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children; B.G. CLANTON, of Chicago, (ROBERT P. SMITH, of Washington, D.C., of counsel,) for appellant Homer D. Chatmon.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (ROBERT J. BURNETT, of Chicago, of counsel,) pro se; and ECKHART, KLEIN, McSWAIN & CAMPBELL, of Chicago, (PERCY B. ECKHART, WILLIAM A. McSWAIN, and JOHN NEAL CAMPBELL, of counsel,) for appellee Art Institute of Chicago.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, as trustee of a trust inter vivos established by Doctor Daniel D. Van Degrift, deceased, and as executor of Doctor Van Degrift's will, filed its complaint in the circuit court of Cook County seeking construction of the trust agreement and of the will and codicil thereto. The controversy arises on the effect...

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