Guilford Institute v. Pallotti

On the 21st day of August, 1854, Sarah GrifEng of Guilford conveyed to the trustees of the Guilford Institute a piece of land located in Guilford, bounded south by York Street, east and north by highway and west by an avenue and land of Rev. E. E. Hall, to be held by them and their successors in trust forever for the uses and purposes prescribed in the deed conveying the land described.

In connection with the conveyance of the land this donor also gave to the trustees $10,000 for the purposes described in the deed of trust and thereafter she gave an additional sum of nearly $2,000.

The trustees…