NORTHERN TRUST v. CONTINENTAL ILL. NAT'L BK.

No. 62037.

43 Ill. App.3d 169 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 1049

THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, Executor of the Estate of Harriet F.B. Stuart, Deceased, Coexecutor and Cotrustee under the Last Will and Testament of Harold L. Stuart, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CHICAGO, Coexecutor and Cotrustee under the Last Will and Testament of Harold L. Stuart, Deceased, Defendant-Appellee. — (ELIZABETH B. STUART, Coexecutor and Cotrustee under the Last Will and Testament of Harold L. Stuart, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee; ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Plaintiff-Appellant; MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, Intervenor-Appellant; ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Intervenor-Appellant; DePAUL UNIVERSITY et al., Intervenors-Appellants-Appellees; CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY et al., Intervenors.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed October 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel W. Witwer, J. Alfred Moran, Samuel W. Witwer, Jr., and Timothy R. Young, all of Witwer, Moran, Burlage & Atkinson, of Chicago, for appellant Illinois Institute of Technology.

Owen Rall, of Peterson, Ross, Rall, Barber & Seidel, of Chicago, for appellant Museum of Science and Industry.

William A. McSwain and James O. Silliman, both of Eckhart, McSwain, Hassell & Silliman, of Chicago, for appellant Art Institute of Chicago.

Thomas J. Russell, of Mitchell, Russell & Kelly, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee DePaul University.

William H. Oswald, of Office of General Counsel, of Loyola University School of Law, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee Loyola University.

Michael C. Weston, of Office of University Attorney, of Northwestern University, of Evanston, for appellant-appellee Northwestern University.

Charles E. Herzog, of Bell, Boyd, Lloyd, Haddad & Burns, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee University of Chicago.

Vernon T. Squires, of Wilson & McIlvaine, of Chicago, for appellants-appellees Field Museum of Natural History, Orchestral Association, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago Boys Clubs, and Lake Forest College.

Stephen L. Schar, of Aaron, Aaron, Schimberg & Hess, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee American Red Cross.

Rodney Joslin, of Jenner & Block, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee Girl Scouts of Chicago.

Christopher W. Wilson, of Hopkins, Sutter, Mulroy, Davis & Cromartie, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee Blackburn College.

John Angle, of Kirkland and Ellis, of Chicago, for appellants-appellees Boy Scouts of America and Rehabilitation Institute.

Otis H. Halleen, of Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center.

John M. Rammel, of Williams, Rutstein, Goldfarb & Sharp, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant-appellee Mercy Hospital and Medical Center.

James J. McClure, Jr., of Gardner, Carton, Douglas, Chilgren & Waud, of Chicago, for appellants-appellees Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, Berea College, and Chicago Educational Television Association.

Lee A. Freeman, Sr., of Freeman, Freeman & Salzman, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee Lyric Opera of Chicago.

William L. Ryan, of Davis, Dietch & Ryan, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee Salvation Army — Chicago Chapter.

Louis M. Rundio, Jr., of McDermott, Will & Emery, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago.

Frank J. Madden, of Boodell, Sears, Sugrue, Giambalvo & Crowley, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee Union College.

William T. Hart, Allan Horwich, and Joan E. Steinman, all of Schiff, Hardin & Waite, of Chicago, for appellant-appellee Elizabeth B. Stuart and appellee Northern Trust Company.

Roger W. Barrett, Franklin P. Auwarter, and Muriel B. Irwin, all of Mayer, Brown & Platt, of Chicago, for appellee Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago.

Willard L. King, of King, Robin, Gale & Pillinger, of Chicago, for intervenor Chicago Historical Society.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment order entered in an action brought by plaintiffs against a corporate co-trustee to settle a dispute which arose concerning a trust power to nominate and fund charitable organizations. The judgment, inter alia, approved and adopted a plan of distribution proposed by the corporate trustee...

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