Tess v. Radley

This is a direct appeal by trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Princeville, Illinois, and Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church of U.S.A., a religious corporation, hereafter referred to as appellants, from a decree of the circuit court of Peoria County granting specific performance of an oral contract between William Rude and his adopted daughter, Kathleen Tess, hereafter referred to as appellee. A freehold is involved.

The complaint was filed January 17, 1949, by Kathleen Tess. The executor and all legatees and devisees under the will of William Rude, deceased, were made…