Old Ladies Home Ass'n v. Grubbs' Estate

This appeal involves the construction of Sections 269 and 270 of the Constitution of 1890, as applied to certain devises of real estate and money, respectively, made to the Old Ladies' Home in Jackson, Mississippi. From a decree which held that both of such devises were void, the appeal here was taken by the Old Ladies' Home Association, a corporation under the laws of this State, duly chartered pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 25, Section 832 et seq., Code of 1892, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a home for aged and destitute women in the State of Mississippi.

The cause…