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IN RE ESTATE OF LAAS

No. 84-2169.

134 Ill. App.3d 504 (1985)

480 N.E.2d 1183

In re ESTATE OF ELINOR E. LAAS, Deceased (Charles L. Martin, Ex'r of the Will of Elinor E. Laas, Deceased, et al., Plaintiff and Counterdefendant-Appellee, v. Robert M. Laas II et al., Defendants; Arthritis Foundation et al., Defendants and Counterplaintiffs-Appellants; Robert M. Laas II, Counterdefendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed June 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. McCue III, Charles F. Newlin, and P. Terrence Buehler, all of Mayer, Brown & Platt, of Chicago, for appellants.

Daniel M. Schuyler, Carol M. Petersen, and Roberto R. Ruelo, all of Schuyler, Roche & Zwirner, and Walter R. Baron, both of Chicago, for appellee Charles L. Martin.

James S. Teborek, of Lamet, Galatzer & Associates, of Chicago, for appellee Robert M. Laas II.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In an action for construction of a will, limited to establishing a valid charitable remainder unitrust, certain beneficiaries of the trust brought a counterclaim against the executor and the other beneficiaries under the will.

The counterclaim sought to establish the existence of ambiguities in the will requiring judicial construction...

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