Gladding v. Saint Matthew's Church
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in Equity to obtain construction of a will.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This bill is brought by the trustees under the will of Sarah Emeline Acly, to obtain a construction of the will. The adverse parties in interest are The Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestrymen of Saint Matthew’s Church, in the City of New York, a corporation created under the laws of the State of New York, on the one hand, and Joseph C. Sweeney, administrator upon the estate of Albert J. Acly and Horace Hurlbutt, Jr. (the said Acly and Hurlbutt having been the sole heirs-at-law and next of kin of the testatrix at the time of her death), on the other.
The case was heard upon bill and answers,…
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