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IN RE ESTATE OF CROOKS

No. 1-92-3326.

638 N.E.2d 729 (1994)

266 Ill. App.3d 715

202 Ill.Dec. 861

In re the ESTATE OF James A. CROOKS, Sr. Deceased, Grace CROOKS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Emmanita HENDRICKS and James A. Crooks, Jr., Respondents-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

August 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry W. Kenoe and Thomas O. Elliott, Chicago, for appellant.

Ralph M. Bernstein & Assoc., Chicago (Sheryl E. Fuhr and Ralph M. Bernstein, of counsel), for appellee.

Presiding Justice EGAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the extent of dominion retained by a beneficiary of a land trust over the property in the trust. In 1979, the decedent, James A. Crooks, Sr., held five parcels of real estate in two land trusts. He executed a will, revocable trust and five quitclaim deeds in an attempt to transfer the properties into the revocable trust. In 1980, however, he directed the land trustee to convey four of the...

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