Tillinghast v. Council at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island of the Boy Scouts of America

This is a bill in equity asking for a construction of the will of Avice Borda, deceased, late of the town of Narragansett and for instructions relative thereto. In accordance with the provisions of the statute the cause has been certified to this court for determination.

The will was executed March 1, 1917. The testatrix died March 7, 1923. The provisions of the will with reference to which instruction is sought reads as follows: “7. I give and bequeath the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to the council at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, of the Boy Scouts of America, to be used under…