McCARTHY v. TAYLOR

No. 1-13-2239.

17 N.E.3d 807 (2014)

Gerald S. McCARTHY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rozlyn TAYLOR, Elaine Lawell, Wayne Reynolds, Sr., and Devon Morris, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Taylor , of Law Office of James E. Taylor, P.C., of Chicago, for appellant.

Colin Quinn Commito and Luther Franklin Spence , both of Law Office of Luther Franklin Spence & Associates, of Mawood, for appellees.


OPINION

Presiding Justice GORDON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Plaintiff Gerald S. McCarthy appeals the trial court's finding that a handwritten amendment to a trust naming defendant Rozlyn Taylor as the successor trustee is valid and enforceable. Plaintiff claims: (1) that during the last years of decedent Abraham Lincoln Reynolds III's life and at the time of his death, plaintiff was successor trustee; and (2) that the handwritten...

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