Categories: Illinois Appellate Court Opinions

IN RE LEWIS E. INGALLS TRUST, 315 Ill. App. 513 (1942)

43 N.E.2d 412

In re Lewis E. Ingalls Trust. Myra H. Peale et al., Appellants, v. Arthur J. Hughes, Appellee.

Gen. No. 9,781. (Abstract of Decision.)Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.
Opinion filed August 21, 1942

ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS, § 147[*] — as to sufficiency of proof of value of services. Where a trustee employed an attorney to recover securities or the value thereof for himself and beneficiaries which a bank had illegally purchased from themselves, on the basis of new assets recovered, the original allowance by the court was a reasonable fee for the results obtained, and there was no evidence to support an order allowing an additional fee.

[*] See Callaghan’s Illinois Digest, same topic and sectionnumber.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; Hon. ROSCOE C. SOUTH, presiding.

Judgment reversed. Heard in this court at May term, 1942.

Robert W. Childs and Bobb, Spoerri, Bourland Harris, for certain appellants;

William L. Bourland, of counsel;

Frederick A. Hill, for certain other appellant;

Philip A. Gibbons and Wise, Duffy Wise, for appellee;

Philip A. Gibbons, of counsel.

Opinion by JUSTICE WOLFE.

“Not to be published in full.” Opinion filed August 21, 1942.

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