Cornue v. Department of Public Aid

The plaintiffs in this case are 20 elderly persons, each of whom entered into a contract with Deutsches Áltenheim (German Old People’s Home), a not-for-profit corporation organized in 1885 to maintain a home for aged Germans in needy circumstances. The terms of each contract provided that the plaintiff (designated as applicant) conveyed to the Home:

“*** all property and estate,, both real and personal (including goods, money, securities and credits), of which said applicant is owner or possessor, or which may come to her [him] in the future, including annuities and pensions, and in case they…