PIERCE v. CHESTER JOHNSON ELECTRIC CO.

No. 82-2561.

117 Ill. App.3d 867 (1983)

454 N.E.2d 55

NORMAN PIERCE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHESTER JOHNSON ELECTRIC CO., Defendant-Appellee.

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

Opinion filed September 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin H. Conger and David L. Coghlan, both of Tenney & Bentley, of Chicago, for appellants.

James P. Hilliard, of Chicago, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

This action raises the question of whether the trustees of a trust may maintain an action for money damages when the beneficiaries of the trust are members of an unincorporated association. The plaintiffs in this cause are the trustees appointed under a trust agreement between the Electrical Contractors' Association of City of Chicago, Inc., and Local 134 of the International Brotherhood...

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