Smith v. Deshaw

This is a proceeding to enforce a trust, and comes here upon defendants’ exception to a decree in favor of the plaintiff.

The findings of fact, among other things, show the following: On or about its date Mrs. Helen M. Shaw executed the following written instrument:

“Trust Indenture

“Know all men by these presents That I Helen M. Shaw, temporarily resident at 94 South Winooski Avenue in the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, because of the gratitude which I bear to Stella D. Smith of said Burlington on account of the care she has given me, the little favors she…