Kurowski v. Burch

Plaintiffs commenced this action in the circuit court of St. Clair County as individuals and as representatives of a class comprised of “former parishioners and the heirs and descendants of the former parishioners of St. Adalbert’s Roman Catholic Church of East St. Louis, Illinois and all who have succeeded to their interest.” They sought to impose a resulting trust for the benefit of this class on certain real property purchased by defendants, Thomas Burch, Tommy Lee Burch, Isidore Elfrink and Rosalia Elfrink (hereinafter purchasers) from the Most Reverend Albert E. Zuroweste, the Bishop of…