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BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. v. TOWERS

Nos. 1-13-3351, 1-13-3635.

43 N.E.3d 1131 (2015)

398 Ill. Dec. 221

2015 IL App (1st) 133351

BMO HARRIS BANK N.A., as Trustee of the Mary A. Cornelius Trust Dated November 18, 1972, f/b/o Martin P. Cornelius, Jr., and as Trustee of the Martin P. Cornelius, Sr. Trust, f/b/o Martin P. Cornelius, Jr., Plaintiff and Counterdefendant-Appellee, v. Richard S. TOWERS, as Successor Trustee of the Martin P. Cornelius, Jr. Revocable Living Trust, Harry H. Cornelius, Camilla Anne Cornelius, and Martin P. Cornelius III, Defendants and Counterplaintiffs-Appellants (Dagmar Cornelius, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

October 23, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman J. Lerum , P.C., Chicago ( Norman J. Lerum and Catherine E. Lerum , of counsel), for appellants.

Chapman & Cutler LLP, Chicago, ( Rebecca Wallenfelsz and Bryan E. Jacobson , of counsel), for appellee BMO Harris Bank N.A.

Harrison & Held, LLP, Chicago ( Robert S. Held and George N. Vurdelja, Jr. , of counsel), for appellee Dagmar Cornelius.

OPINION

¶ 1 This cause arose when plaintiff BMO Harris Bank N.A. (Bank), as trustee of two trusts, filed a petition seeking instructions from the court regarding the validity of the exercise of the testamentary powers of appointment by Martin Cornelius, Jr., (Martin...

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