Bollman v. Perry Manor, Inc.

Eva May Smith died. Her will provided for a legacy to “PERRY MANOR, INC., Pinckneyville, Illinois.”

Perry Manor, Inc., a Nevada corporation, operated a nursing home called Perry Manor in Pinckneyville. Before Eva May Smith died, Perry Manor, Inc., sold the nursing home in Pinckneyville to Lifecare Center of Pinckneyville, Inc. Lifecare continued to operate the nursing home in Pinckneyville and continued to call it Perry Manor.

Smith’s executor filed a petition to construe the will, claiming that there was a latent ambiguity, saying that the apparent intention of Eva May Smith was to make a…