Lair v. Jerseyville Community Hospital

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CRAVEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the Jerseyville Community Hospital and the Boyd Memorial Hospital from an order of the circuit court of Calhoun County construing the will of Barbara Ammott Fuller. The action was originally brought by Lucille Lair and the Commercial National Bank of Peoria, as co-executors of the will of testatrix, for a construction of the residuary clause. The trial court .found that a proper construction of the will required that one-third of the residuary estate should pass to Passavant Memorial Area Hospital Association.…