YOUNG v. MURPHY

No. 95-2106.

90 F.3d 1225 (1996)

Samuel H. YOUNG, Executor of the estate of John F. Wellman, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patrick T. MURPHY, Individually, and as Public Guardian of Cook County, Thomas L. Cowlin, Mark A. Amdur, Medical Doctor, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Betar, III, Arnold & Kadjan, Chicago, IL, Samuel H. Young (argued), Lincolnwood, IL, for Samuel H. Young.

Terry L. McDonald, Julie L. Mulderink (argued), Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Federal Litigation Division, Chicago, IL, for Patrick T. Murphy and Thomas L. Cowlin.

Michael A. Pollard (argued), Norman J. Barry, Jr., Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL, for Mark A. Amdur.

Jacqueline M. Zydeck, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Joseph Ponsetto and Timothy Reynolds.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

John Wellman, an elderly businessman, possessed considerable assets but had no wife, no children, and no living relatives to whom to bequeath his wealth. Then he met Samuel Young, an attorney, who befriended him in the course of handling his business and personal affairs. Young was not paid for his counsel, but through a series of letters to Young Wellman indicated that upon his death he wished for Young to inherit his assets in return for his...

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