TREE v. DeMAR

Nos. 32930, 33006.

2 Ill.2d 547 (1954)

119 N.E.2d 767

ARTHUR RONALD LAMBERT FIELD TREE, Appellant, v. JACK DeMAR et al., Appellees. — ARTHUR RONALD LAMBERT FIELD TREE v. CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees. — (PENELOPE TREE et al., Appellants.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

VERNON R. LOUCKS, of Chicago, (CHARLES O. LOUCKS, and JAMES L. HENRY, of counsel,) for appellant Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree, and DANIEL J. LAMONT, of Chicago, (JOHN J. KENNELLY, of counsel,) guardian ad litem and trustee, for appellants Penelope Tree et al.

WILSON & McILVAINE, and MAYER, MEYER, AUSTRIAN & PLATT, both of Chicago, (CALVIN F. SELFRIDGE, SHERWOOD K. PLATT, and GEORGE E. HALE, of counsel,) for appellee Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company; CLARENCE J. BASSLER, EDWARD B. HAYES, LORD, BISSELL & KADYK, REUBEN E. SWANSON, and ROY R. BARR, all of Chicago, and ARTHUR CROWNOVER, JR., of Nashville, Tenn., and CHARLES H. STEPHENS, JR., of Cincinnati, O., for appellees Michael Lambert Tree et al.; and LAWRENCE J. HAYES, of Chicago, (ARTHUR B. BURKE, of counsel,) guardian ad litem and trustee, for other appellees.


Decree affirmed Appeal dismissed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a consolidation of two appeals to this court, involving identically the same background of facts and depending ultimately upon the same determination of the Appellate Court, First District. Cause No. 32930, Tree v. DeMar, comes here on appeal from the circuit court of Cook County, which court refused to follow the recommendation of the examiner of titles of Cook...

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