Duvall v. La Salle National Bank

Defendant Leonard Duvall appeals the order entered by the circuit court of Putnam County granting plaintiff Lawrence W. Duvall’s motion for summary judgment and declaring the language contained in the will of Fern H. Duvall, deceased, pertaining to the rental of her farmland to Leonard Duvall to be precatory and not binding on the trustee, La Salle National Bank. We affirm.

Fern H. Duvall, a resident of La Salle County, died testate on March 2, 1982, owning 160 acres of farmland situated in Putnam County, Illinois. At the close of the administration of her estate, the farmland was distributed…