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- Title: Wiener v. Severson
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 23, 1957
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Emma S. Wiener, trustee of a testamentary trust established by the will of her deceased father, filed a complaint in the circuit
court of Lake County seeking directions in terminating the trust and approval of certain disbursements. Her brother, Edgar
Severson, filed an answer and counterclaim for an accounting. Before a hearing was had the plaintiff died, the executor of
her will was substituted in her place, and the beneficiaries thereunder were permitted to intervene. The defendant, Edgar
Severson, thereafter moved for summary judgment declaring him to be the sole owner of the trust assets. The motion was denied
and he appeals directly to this court, a freehold being involved. The testator, Joseph Severson, died in 1936 leaving a widow, Anna, and three children: Norman, Emma and Edgar. By his will
the residue of the estate was devised and bequeathed to Emma in trust to pay the income to his widow and the son Norman (an
incompetent), or the survivor of them. The will then provides for distribution as follows:
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