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KNIGHT v. BARDWELL

Gen. No. 48,544.

45 Ill. App.2d 332 (1963)

195 N.E.2d 428

Helen Knight and Raymond Willis, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William U. Bardwell, as Executor Under the Will and Codicils of Maud M. Bayless, Deceased, and Christian Science Pleasant View Home of Concord, New Hampshire, a Corporate Body, Defendants. Christian Science Pleasant View Home of Concord, New Hampshire, a Corporate Body, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied January 29, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Cook and William C. Wines, of Chicago (William C. Wines, of counsel), for defendant-appellant, Christian Science Pleasant View Home of Concord, New Hampshire.

Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Addis E. Hull III, and Robert E. Pfaff, all of Chicago (Thompson, Raymond, Mayer & Jenner, of counsel), for appellees.

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

Plaintiffs, step-grandchildren of the testator, Maud M. Bayless, were designated as beneficiaries to receive 150 shares each of Texaco stock under her will and codicil thereto. They filed a construction suit to determine the proper distribution of 900 additional shares which had resulted from two stock splits before testator's death, one having occurred...

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