Mennonite Hospital Ass'n v. Peoples Bank

Defendants the Presbyterian Church of Lexington, Lexington, Illinois, the Christian Church of Lexington, Lexington, Illinois, and The Church of Christ, Uniting, Lexington, Illinois, appeal from the decree of the circuit court of McLean County ordering that all bequests under the will of Ivy J. Trimmer, deceased, to the Christian Church and the Presbyterian Church have lapsed and that the provisions in said will for the payment of certain trust income to the two churches from two parcels of real estate respectively are inoperative.

Ivy J. Trimmer died on May 9, 1971, leaving a last will and…