Manufacturers National Bank v. Woodward

In this case, reported to the court on bill, answer and replication (and a stipulation that the facts alleged in the pleadings, with a single exception not material to the issue, are true), the plaintiff, as executor under the will of Herbert F. Shaw, late of Mount Vernon, in the County of Kennebec, whose testamentary intent to make provision for a public library, to be maintained in said town, was expressed in his last will and testament in the words:

“I give and bequeath to the Town of Mount Vernon, Maine, my house and lot, in Mount Vernon Village, for use as a public library, and whatever…