McDONOUGH CTY. ORPHANAGE v. BURNHART

No. 33293.

5 Ill.2d 230 (1955)

125 N.E.2d 625

McDONOUGH COUNTY ORPHANAGE et al. Appellees, v. SARAH BURNHART, Trustee, et al., — (IDA RUDDY et al., Appellants.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. MAC DOWNING, of Macomb, (GEORGE TRAICOFF, of Peoria, of counsel,) for appellants Ida Ruddy et al.; GUMBART, GRIGSBY & GUMBART, of Macomb, for appellants Elmer T. Walker et al.; and HARRIS & HARRIS, of Macomb, for appellant Young Men's Christian Association.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (JOHN L. DAVIDSON, JR., GEORGE W. McGURN, J. CALVIN BOSTIAN, and MARK O. ROBERTS, of counsel,) for appellee Attorney General; and KEITH F. SCOTT, of Macomb, for appellee The Salvation Army.


Decree affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a direct appeal by three intervening petitioners from a decree of the circuit court of McDonough County in a proceeding filed by the McDonough County Orphanage, a corporation, hereinafter called the Orphanage, to dissolve and distribute its assets pursuant to sections 54 and 55 of the "Act to revise the law relating to Corporations not for pecuniary profit" approved July 17, 1943...

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