Legal Opinion
Walker v. Hollister
Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County
Decided October 15, 1917Published
1Opinion of the CourtGeoghbgan, J.
(orally).
In February, 3916, Miss Annie L. Dexter, a member of an old Cincinnati family, died, leaving a will executed in July, 3914, which gave—
“To my faithful maid, $10,000, and in ease of the maid’s (who was a widow) death, the legacy was to go to her son.
“$5,000 to the Spring Grove Cemetery Association, ‘the income therefrom to be used for keeping in repair the Dexter mausoleum. ’
“$5,000 to the Cincinnati Musical Festival Association, ‘in memory of my uncle, Julius Dexter, a devoted friend and pioneer of said Association.’
“$5,000 to the Fresh Air Fund, to be known as the ‘Mary Dexter…
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