Spencer v. Watkins
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
This was a suit by heirs at law of Fanny S. Wilder, deceased, to defeat a charitable bequest in her will upon the ground that it was void under the laws of the state of Minnesota, where she was domiciled, and for the allotment to them of the property embraced in the bequest. It was brought against the executors and the “A H. Wilder Charity, Founded by Fanny S. Wilder,” a charitable corporation organized to accept the bequest by trustees named in the will and conformably to directions therein. The trustees themselves were also made parties defendant. The ground of federal…
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