IN RE MATTER OF GLEESON

Gen. No. 9,933.

1 Ill. App.2d 409 (1954)

117 N.E.2d 792

In the Matter of Last Will and Testament of Mary Gleeson, Deceased, Con Colbrook, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Helen Black, Bernadine Gleeson, Bernadine Gleeson as Conservator for Thomas Gleeson, an Incompetent, and Thomas Black, a Minor, by Helen Black, his Mother and Next Friend, Respondents-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication March 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. OGDEN BRAINARD, of Charleston, and PROVINE & MILEY, of Taylorville, for appellants.

HERSHEY & BLISS, and BILL J. SLATER, all of Taylorville, for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE REYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellee, Con Colbrook, filed a petition to establish a testamentary trust created under the will of Mary Gleeson, deceased, and for confirmation of the appointment of appellee by the will as trustee thereunder. The appellants opposed the petition and filed their answer and counterclaim, alleging that there existed a fiduciary relationship between the...

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