NORTHERN TRUST CO. v. TARRE

Nos. 53550, 53561 cons.

86 Ill.2d 441 (1981)

THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, Trustee, Appellant, v. SYLVIA TARRE et al. (Sylvia Tarre et al., Appellants; Leonard Kaplan et al., Appellees).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnard & Barnard, of Chicago (Morton John Barnard, of counsel), for appellant Northern Trust Co.

Daniel M. Schuyler and Edgar D. Ballard, Jr., of Schuyler, Ballard & Cowen, of Chicago, for appellants Sylvia Tarre et al.

John F. McCarthy, Esther R. Rothstein, and Robert Lee Shapiro, of Chicago (McCarthy and Levin, of counsel), for appellees Leonard Kaplan et al.

Edward T. Joyce and Steven J. Rotunno, of Chicago (Edward T. Joyce, Ltd., of counsel), for appellee Joseph Tarre.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The Northern Trust Company filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County seeking instructions as to the proper distribution of assets held on behalf of Harry and Fannie Kaplan, deceased settlors under a trust agreement executed by them and naming Northern as trustee. Joined as defendants were Leonard Kaplan and Sylvia Tarre (the settlors' children); Raymond...

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