Legal Opinion
Burr v. Brooks
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 20, 1981No. 52646, 52648 consPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Goldenhersh
Plaintiff, Joseph F. Bohrer, trustee of a testamentary trust created under the will of John M. Scott, deceased, brought this action in the circuit court of McLean County seeking instructions concerning the administration of the trust. Named as parties defendant were the Attorney General and the city of Bloomington (City). Morgan-Washington Home (Morgan-Washington), a not-for-profit corporation, and Bloomington Board of Education, School District No. 87 (the School District), were permitted to intervene. The circuit court awarded six sevenths of the trust residue to Morgan-Washington and one…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Village of Hinsdale v. Chicago City Missionary SocietyIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
- Trustees of Dartmouth College v. City of QuincyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Mississippi Children's Home Society v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1957
- City of Belfast v. Goodwill FarmSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1954
- Board of Trustees v. FarrowWisconsin Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Northern Illinois Medical Center v. Home State BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1985
- In Re Estate of OffermanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- Barash v. Morris (In Re Morris)District Court, C.D. Illinois · 1993
- Church of the Little Flower v. US BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 2012
- Humane Society of Will County v. St. Joseph HospitalAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
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