IN RE ESTATE OF PIPER

No. 76-515.

59 Ill. App.3d 325 (1978)

375 N.E.2d 477

In re ESTATE OF KENNETH M. PIPER, Deceased. — (INDIANA-MICHIGAN CORPORATION, Claimant-Appellant, v. HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, Ex'r of the Estate of Kenneth M. Piper, Deceased, Respondent-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed April 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidley & Austin, of Chicago (Alice M. Bright, David Shayne, and Joyce E. Moran, of counsel), for appellant.

Robert V. Nystrom and Richard H. Ferri, both of Chicago, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Indiana-Michigan Corporation (IMC) appeals from orders dismissing its claim against the estate of Kenneth M. Piper and refusing to grant leave to file an amended claim. On appeal IMC contends that (1) the trial court erred in finding that the filing of a claim against a decedent's estate constitutes the practice of law; (2) the trial court erred in denying leave to

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