Legal Opinion
Southern Illinois Conference of the Methodist Church v. City of Edwardsville
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 30, 1975No. 72-159PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
The city of Edwardsville, the first devisee of certain property devised by the will of one Ella Tunnell, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Madison County which held that the Southern Illinois Conference of the Methodist Church (the “Conference”), as second alternative devisee, acquired title to the property in question because the city did not comply with the terms of the will by accepting the devise in good faith as required by the will.
Ella Tunnell, who was long a resident of Edwardsville, died on the 12th of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Rooks Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church v. First Lutheran ChurchIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
- Nowak v. DombrowskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Dixon v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981