Terry v. Trustees of Hamilton Primary School

The bill alleges that one Silas Hamilton bequeathed $4000 for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a primary school, one half to he used in erecting a building suitable for a school and a place of public worship, and the balance to constitute a fund for the support of a teacher. The executor named in his will procured a lot of ground, and erected a building thereon. Subsequently, the school was incorporated by act of the General Assembly, and the act was amended in 1869, and fixed the limits of the district at three miles square. The bill also alleges, that the board of trustees…