ESTATE OF HENRY v. ST. PETER'S EVAN. CHURCH

No. 3-02-0185.

785 N.E.2d 1049 (2003)

337 Ill. App.3d 246

271 Ill.Dec. 855

ESTATE OF William Lehman HENRY, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ST. PETER'S EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

February 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tym J. Kerr (argued), Kewanee, for St. Peter's Evangelical Church.

Roger Ray, Geneseo, for Estate of William Lehman Henry, Jr.

Barry M. Barash, Reynolds M. Everett (argued), Barash & Everett, LLC, Galva, for Appellee.


Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

William Henry willed his 119 acre farm to St. Peter's Evangelical Church (St. Peter's), subject to a life estate. Henry died, and the administrator of his estate, Farmer's National Bank of Prophetstown, filed a petition to sell St. Peter's remainder interest in the property. The trial court found that the sale was necessary for the administration of the estate. The court ordered the sale at public auction, using a...

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