Penn v. Keller

This case involves the disposition of a trust fund of $2,000.00 and some accrued interest. We first learn of it through the will of a man named Abram T. Litchfield, who was born in Virginia, but who was a resident of the state of Missouri at the time of the execution of the will and at the time of his death.

Clause 5 of the will comprises two paragraphs, which are as follows:

“5. I will and bequeath to my sister Mrs. John D. Cosby the sum of Two Thousand Dollars, in trust however, the interest only to be used in keeping in repair ‘Litchfield Hall’ on the campus of ‘Martha Washington College’…