HOLDEN HOSP. CORP. v. SO. ILL. HOSP. CORP.

No. 35617.

22 Ill.2d 150 (1961)

174 N.E.2d 793

HOLDEN HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HOSPITAL CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 19, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN L. STEWART, STEWART & STEWART, and WILLIAM M. WOLFF, all of Murphysboro, and MELVIN F. WINGERSKY, of Marion, for appellant.

GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, and THEODORE G. MAHERAS, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellee Attorney General; CHARLES E. FEIRICH, and FEIRICH & FEIRICH, both of Carbondale, for appellee Southern Illinois Hospital Corporation; CHARLES D. WINTER. WINTERS, POWLESS & MORGAN, and MELVIN F. WINGERSKY, all of Marion, for appellees the Southern Illinois Conference W.S.C.S. of the Methodist Church et al.; and MEDLIN & ZIMMER, of Carbondale, (JAMES R. ZIMMER, of counsel,) for intervenors-appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Holden Hospital Corporation (Holden) brought this action to secure approval of a contract to sell all of its assets and to obtain instructions as to the distribution of the proceeds of the sale. Both Holden and the vendee, Southern Illinois Hospital Corporation (Southern), are charitable corporations. The defendants were Southern, the Attorney General of Illinois, The Southern...

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