Alden v. LEWIS, EXR.

This case involves the principal question of whether the provisions of a will, dedicating funds to enlarge and assist in maintaining an art and historical museum, established a valid charitable trust. The Chancery Court of Lafayette County held that it did, and we affirm that decree.

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Miss Kate A. Skipwith, a resident of Oxford, executed her will on December 18, 1957, and on May 29, 1958 she made a codicil. She died on May 9, 1961, having never married. Mrs. Mary Adair Alden, a niece of the half-blood, contested probate of the will, on the grounds of undue influence and mental incapacity. The…