PEOPLES BANK OF BLOOMINGTON v. RANKIN

Gen. No. 67-87.

94 Ill. App.2d 368 (1968)

236 N.E.2d 770

Peoples Bank of Bloomington and Jane Kettering Rankin, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Curtis S. Rankin, et al., Defendants-Appellants, and Oland G. Johnson, Executor, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

May 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Heiple, of Pekin, for appellant.

E. William Rolley, of Bloomington, for appellees.


SCHEINEMAN, J.

This suit was filed for the principal purpose of obtaining a judicial construction of two wills. The testators were Ray N. Kettering and Hyla J. Kettering, husband and wife. Both are now deceased and their wills admitted to probate. The two wills contained an identical clause, the pertinent parts being as follows:

"... I give, devise and bequeath the aforesaid property to the Peoples Bank of Bloomington...

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