Kirwin v. Attorney General

The residuary clause of the last will of Francis Buttrick of Waltham in the county of Middlesex set out: “ All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, however invested, designated, or described, I give, devise, bequeath to my executors hereinafter named, in trust, for such public charitable purposes as shall meet their approval under the conditions in which they may be called to act.” The will bore date of December 29, 1892, and was duly admitted to probate on November 7, 1894. Five persons were nominated as executors, all of whom qualified. The survivor, Thomas H. Armstrong, died in…