NORTHERN TRUST CO. v. BIDDLE

Gen. No. 49,921.

65 Ill. App.2d 253 (1965)

212 N.E.2d 694

The Northern Trust Company, as Trustee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Constance Biddle, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Adelheit von Hardenberg and Irmgard von Alten, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

December 9, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Sullivan and Hugh M. King, of Chicago (Raymond, Mayer, Jenner & Block and Roland Towle, of counsel), for appellant.

Schiff, Hardin, Waite, Dorschel & Britton, of Chicago (Lester G. Britton, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee. John W. Douglas, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Edward V. Hanrahan, United States Attorney, of Chicago, and Sherman L. Cohn and Robert V. Zener, Attorneys for the Department of Justice, of Washington, for defendant-appellee.


MR. JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by Adelheit von Hardenberg and Irmgard von Alten, who were resident German nationals, from a decree directing that the trustee under the will of Louisa G. Bigelow distribute to the Office of Alien Property of the Attorney General of the United States, as successor to the Alien Property Custodian, their share of a trust created by the said will. The authority of the Attorney General to take...

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