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SOUTHERN ILL. CONFERENCE v. CITY OF EDWARDSVILLE

No. 72-159.

33 Ill. App.3d 642 (1975)

342 N.E.2d 315

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE CITY OF EDWARDSVILLE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

October 30, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon R. Broom, of Burroughs, Simpson & Wilson, of Edwardsville, for appellant.

W.H. Thomas, of Thomas, Mottaz & Eastman, of Alton, for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

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...

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