Hathaway v. Village of New Baltimore

Tbe object of the bill in this case is to •compel the village of New Baltimore to resume possession •of a school house built with money bequeathed to the village “ to be used in the erection in said village of a school building, to be used as a high school, and to be suitable for that purpose, and to be known as the Hathaway school.” The will making this provision was sustained in Hatheway v. Sackett 32 Mich. 97, where the present complainant as residuary legatee sought to avoid it. In the present bill he •sues as a citizen of the village, in behalf of himself and the other inhabitants, but…