First National Bank v. Canton Council of Campfire Girls, Inc.

In an inter vivos trust, William Ingersoll provided that at his death certain income be paid to the Girl Scouts of Canton, Illinois. The trust also provided that the portion of the income of the trust payable to any organization that ceased to exist was to be paid to the Canton Park District. Since no Girl Scout troops met regularly in Canton at the time of Ingersoll’s death, the trustee filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County, seeking instmctions as to how to dispose of that share of the income. The court directed the income be paid to the Canton Council of Campfire Girls. The…