Douglass v. Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bodinb, J.

The complainants filed a bill for the construction of the last will and testament of Levi P. Stone, of West Orange, New Jersey, who died December 31st, 1884. Both of his daughters married.

By the tenth clause of his will he provided, in part, as follows: “Upon the death of either of my said daughters not having been married, the one equal one-third part of the residue of my estate hereinbefore devised and bequeathed in trust for her shall be divided into six equal parts and be distributed as follows:” The charities mentioned assert that they…