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McCARTHY v. TAYLOR

No. 1-13-2239.

17 N.E.3d 807 (2014)

Gerald S. McCARTHY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rozlyn TAYLOR, Elaine Lawell, Wayne Reynolds, Sr., and Devon Morris, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 22, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Taylor, of Law Office of James E. Taylor, P.C., of Chicago, for appellant.

Colin Quinn Commito and Luther Franklin Spence, both of Law Office of Luther Franklin Spence & Associates, of Mawood, for appellees.

OPINION

Presiding Justice GORDON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Plaintiff Gerald S. McCarthy appeals the trial court's finding that a handwritten amendment to a trust naming defendant Rozlyn Taylor as the successor trustee is valid and enforceable. Plaintiff claims: (1) that during the last years of decedent Abraham Lincoln Reynolds III's life and at the time of his death, plaintiff was successor trustee; and (2) that the handwritten...

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