City of Boston v. Doyle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed June 11, 1902, by the city of Boston, as trustee of a fund created by a codicil of the will of Benjamin Franklin,* against thirteen aldermen of the city of Boston and three clergymen assuming to act as managers of that fund,† for instructions, upon the following points : First.
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Bill in equity, filed June 11, 1902, by the city of Boston, as trustee of a fund created by a codicil of the will of Benjamin Franklin,* against thirteen aldermen of the city of Boston and three clergymen assuming to act as managers of that fund,† for instructions, upon the following points : First. Whether the defendant aldermen and clergymen or any of them are managers of that portion of the Franklin fund in the custody and possession of the city treasurer, or have any right, power or authority, and, if so, what right, power or authority in reference to the disposition, management or…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The legacy to the inhabitants of the town of Boston, given in the codicil of the will of Benjamin Franklin, with the provision for the disposition and management of it, constitutes a public charity. It was the intention of the testator that, within a year after his death, benefits should begin to accrue from it to a large class of worthy young men in Boston, through the creation of a fund from which they could borrow on easy terms small sums for their advancement. He provided that at the expiration of one hundred years a large proportion of the accumulated fund should.be expended in building…
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