TRUSTEES OF ENDOWMENT FUND, HOFFMAN MEM. HOSP. v. Kring

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

George M. Hoffman was a patron of the city of Little River, Kansas. He died in 1931. One of his benefactions was a testamentary trust for the benefit and maintenance of the George M. Hoffman Memorial Hospital in Little River. The hospital building had been constructed by Hoffman in 1916 before his death. By 1972 the building could no longer be licensed as a hospital and the Hoffman Memorial Hospital ceased to operate. In 1975 the trustees of the Hoffman trust filed this action for construction of the will and to determine ownership of the…