Russell v. Allen
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This is a bill in equity, filed on the 16th of April, 1878, by two of the heirs at law and next of kin of William Russell, of St. Louis, against Thomas Allen, to establish a trust in favor of Russell’s heirs at law and next of kin, and for an account.
The bill alleges that on the 19th of July, 1855, William Russell and John S. Horner executed four indentures of trust, by each of which Russell, in consideration of one dollar paid, “ and for divers other good and valuable considerations, but chiefly for the purpose of founding an institution for the education of youth in St. Louis County,…
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