Aldrich v. Barton

William A. Aldrich, the father of the plaintiff, died on February 25, 1892, leaving a will dated the. twenty-ninth day of October, 1891. In May, 1888, the plaintiff, George Albert Aldrich, had been duly committed to the Napa State Asylum for the Insane by a judge of the superior court of Alameda County, and he remained a patient in said asylum until after his father’s death.

By said will the testator gave the residue of his estate to trustees, in trust, among other things, to appropriate and pay out of the net income derived from one fourth of such residue “so much thereof as may be required…