TREE v. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL

Gen. No. 45,493.

347 Ill. App. 368 (1952)

106 N.E.2d 834

Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree, Appellant, v. St. Luke's Hospital, a Charitable Corporation of Illinois et al., Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication July 17, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

VERNON R. LOUCKS, of Chicago, for appellant; CHARLES O. LOUCKS, and JAMES L. HENRY, both of Chicago, of counsel.

WILSON & McILVAINE, and MAYER, MEYER, AUSTRIAN & PLATT, all of Chicago, for appellees; RUSSELL W. ROOT, Guardian ad litem for certain appellee; CALVIN F. SELFRIDGE, SHERWOOD K. PLATT, FRANK D. MAYER, and G.E. HALE, all of Chicago, of counsel.

HECTOR A. BROUILLET, of Chicago, Guardian ad litem for certain other appellees.


MR. JUSTICE FEINBERG delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff filed his complaint to construe the last will and testament of Lambert Tree, deceased, and to have certain trust provisions declared void as violating the rule against perpetuities. All of the parties in interest were made defendants and appeared and filed answers, and defendant St. Luke's Hospital filed its cross-complaint. Upon a hearing a decree was...

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