Trustees of Emory & Henry College v. Shoemaker College
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Scott county, pronounced June 25, 1895, in a suit in chancery, -wherein the appellants were the complainants, and the appellees were the defendants.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Scott county, pronounced June 25, 1895, in a suit in chancery, -wherein the appellants were the complainants, and the appellees were the defendants. This was a bill filed by the complainants against the executors of James L. Shoemaker, the trustees under his will, and Shoemaker College, praying a construction of the will of said Shoemaker, and that the said executors and trustees be enjoined from applying $5,000 of his estate for the erection of a college at Gate City, Va., and that the said trustees be required to patronize complainants’…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The bill in this case asks for a construction of the will of James L. Shoemaker, and for a decree enforcing the rights of appellants thereunder. The provisions of the will out of which this litigation has arisen relate to a scheme of the testator, patent on the face of the will, to provide a fund, the income from which should be devoted to the education of young white men and white ladies who were unable to educate themselves.
The ninth clause of the will is a comprehensive plan for carrying out the testator’s scheme of education, in which trustees are appointed, and their successors provided…
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