Legal Opinion
Drury v. Sleeper
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 4, 1929PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtSnow, J.
The bequest created a charitable trust. Adams &c. Academy v. Adams, 65 N. H. 225; Keene v. Eastman, 75 N. H. 191; Borchers v. Taylor, 83 N. H. 564. No question is made as to the authority of the town to act. G. L., c. 49, s. 7; P. L., c. 42, s. 18.
The gift was to the town, as trustee, in perpetuity. The provision naming the selectmen as custodians of the fund and distributors of the income was merely directory. It must be presumed that the testator had in mind officers of the town having legal authority to hold and administer such a trust whatever their successive official titles might be.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Edgerly v. BarkerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1891
- Borchers v. TaylorSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1929
- Trustees of Pembroke Academy v. Epsom School DistrictSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1910
- Keene v. EastmanSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1909
- Adams Female Academy v. AdamsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1889
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3Cited by1 opinion
- City of Dover v. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital TrusteesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1974