Kurowski v. Burch

Plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their second amended complaint which sought an order of the trial court declaring the purchasers of a portion of a tract of land, allegedly limited to use for cemetery purposes, to be trustees under a resulting trust for the benefit of plaintiffs as beneficiaries.

The case is considered here upon the pleadings. The named plaintiffs sue individually and in a representative capacity on behalf of the former parishioners and the heirs and descendants of former parishioners of St. Adalbert’s Roman Catholic Church of East St. Louis, Illinois. Defendant Rev. Raymond…