Kelly v. Nichols
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in Equity to avoid a trust and for an account. On demurrer to tbe bill. The will of Joseph Greene, formerly of Jamestown, and proven before the Probate Court of said Jamestown, September 19, A. D. 1840, is as follows: — I, Joseph Greene, of the town of Jamestown, on the island of Canonicut, in the County of Newport, and State of Rhode Island, yeoman, considering the uncertainty of time, and the probability, from the long pilgrimage which I have already passed, that the…
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Bill in Equity to avoid a trust and for an account. On demurrer to tbe bill. The will of Joseph Greene, formerly of Jamestown, and proven before the Probate Court of said Jamestown, September 19, A. D. 1840, is as follows: — I, Joseph Greene, of the town of Jamestown, on the island of Canonicut, in the County of Newport, and State of Rhode Island, yeoman, considering the uncertainty of time, and the probability, from the long pilgrimage which I have already passed, that the close of my probationary existence is near at hand; and also being desirous, while ability of body and soundness of mind…
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
Joseph Greene, of Jamestown, died in 1840, leaving a will, by which he gave his real and personal estate to trustees, to be by them held in trust, after payment of his debts, funeral expenses, and the care of two sisters during their lives, for the following purposes forever, namely: First, “ that the graves,” of his sisters and himself, “ should be, from time to time, kept in good and decent repair; ” second, that the trustees shall “ distribute and dispose of the net rents and profits of my said farm according to such directions, limitations, and instructions as I have hereinbefore given,…
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