ESTATE OF FIELD

Gen. No. 52,555.

99 Ill. App.2d 235 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 765

Estate of Marshall Field, Deceased. Edward I. Farley and George B. Young, Executors of the Will of Marshall Field, Petitioners, v. Lynne T. Field, et al., Respondents. Appeal of Marshall Field III, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

September 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, of Chicago, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, of New York City (Don H. Reuben, John E. Angle, and Michael W. Coffield, of counsel), for appellant.

Wilson & McIlvaine, of Chicago (Clarence E. Fox and Vernon T. Squires, of counsel), for petitioners, Edward I. Farley and George B. Young, executors of the will of Marshall Field.

Gregory A. Gelderman, of Chicago, guardian ad litem for respondents-appellees.


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

On January 6, 1967, Edward I. Farley and George B. Young, Executors of the Estate of Marshall Field, deceased, filed a supplementary petition in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, seeking to cancel a $90,000 demand note executed by the decedent's adult son, Marshall Field III, made payable to his father. Named as respondents by the executors, along with Marshall Field III, were...

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