Shriners Hospital for Children v. Domeier

Shriners Hospital for Children, also known as Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children (Shriners Hospital), appeals from an order of the county court for Lancaster County, Nebraska, construing the last will and testament of Donald B. Johnson, deceased. The dispositive issue is whether Shriners Hospital was a “residuary devisee” within the meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2344 (Reissue 1995) so as to have an interest in a lapsed residuary devise. We conclude that the county court did not err in determining that Shriners Hospital was not a residuary devisee.

BACKGROUND

While a resident of Lancaster…