Loomis v. Laramie

Charles H. Loomis was a lawyer with offices in the city of Detroit. On June 27, 1924, he made a will, paragraph eight of which reads as follows :

“Eighth, I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residual and remainder of my estate, be it real, personal or mixed, or wheresoever situated to my father, Amos Loomis, of Fair haven, Vermont and to Harry R. Loomis, my half brother, of Hydeville, Vt. Jointly in trust, and to the survivor of either, and his heirs, for a period of 20 years, after the date of my death for the purposes following; to rent, lease, repair, decorate, invest, build, improve,…