Taylor v. Hoag
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 221, Jan. T., 1922, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1920, No. 2234, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Amelia M. Taylor in her own right and as executrix of the will of Charles Freemont Taylor, deceased, v. Clarence G. Hoag, Thomas Raeburn White, Samuel S. Fels and Emma V. Jones, trustees. Bill to declare void certain trusts created by deed. Before Finletter, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Bill dismissed.
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Appeal, No. 221, Jan. T., 1922, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1920, No. 2234, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Amelia M. Taylor in her own right and as executrix of the will of Charles Freemont Taylor, deceased, v. Clarence G. Hoag, Thomas Raeburn White, Samuel S. Fels and Emma V. Jones, trustees. Bill to declare void certain trusts created by deed. Before Finletter, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Bill dismissed. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, above decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Doctor Charles F. Taylor assigned to himself and three others the bulk of his personal property, amounting to more than $150,000, also the assets of a magazine known as the “Medical World,” in trust to apply the net income, inter alia, “to promote improvements in the structure and the methods of government, with a special reference to the initiative, referendum, and recall; proportional representation; preferential voting; ballot reform; the simplification of municipal, state and national government, and the revision or remaking of city charters, state…
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