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CONTINENTAL ILL. NAT. BANK v. LLEWELLYN

Gen. No. 50,497.

86 Ill. App.2d 1 (1967)

229 N.E.2d 334

Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company, etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mary Isabelle Llewellyn, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Richard Kadish, et al., Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co., as Trustee, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

July 28, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, of Chicago (Henry A. Preston, of counsel), for appellants, Richard Kadish, et al.

Thomas H. Fisher, of Chicago (Henry A. Preston, of counsel), for appellants, Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company and Leonard P. Levy, et al.

Wilson & McIlvaine, of Chicago (William B. McIlvaine and Clarence E. Fox, of counsel), for appellees, Barbara Warner Fentress and Silas Llewellyn Warner.

William B. McIlvaine, of Chicago, guardian ad litem for minor descendants of appellees, Barbara Warner Fentress and Silas Llewellyn Warner.

McDermott, Will and Emery, of Chicago (Hamilton Smith and Frank J. Uvena, of counsel), for appellee, Elizabeth Llewellyn Warner.

John S. Miller, of Chicago (Henry H. Elliott, of Washington, D.C., of counsel), for appellee, Irene Eleanor Llewellyn.

Eckhart, McSwain, Hassell & Husum, of Chicago (William A. McSwain and M.A. Palumbo, of counsel), for appellee, Mary Isabelle Llewellyn.

No appearance made in behalf of appellee, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company.

Harry J. Myerson, of Chicago, guardian ad litem for appellee, Charles Callison.

ON REHEARING

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

This is an appeal from a decree denying attorneys' fees to defendants-appellants, (hereinafter referred to as the assignees), in an action brought to construe a will and to determine the validity of certain assignments executed by one Mary Isabelle Llewellyn, a beneficiary under the will of Silas J. Llewellyn.

Issues pertaining to the construction of the will and the validity...

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