Harwood v. Dick

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Batliff

Batliff Affirming-

The appellants brought this action in the Oldham circuit court seeking to have an alleged trust declared abandoned and terminated, and further, that they be adjudged the owners of the residue of the trust fund by virtue of the will of their ancestor. The facts are these:

William M. Funk died testate in September, 1841. The parts of his will involved in this litigation read:

“10. I wish the sum of ten thousand dollars appropriated to the establishment of an institution of learning at LaGrange, to be called the Funk Seminary, provided the…