Snow v. Durgin
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, fox instruction in the execution of a trust. Josiali Thurston died testate, November 18, 1886, leaving one sister, seventeen nephews and nieces (eleven of whom were children of deceased brothers and sisters), and a large number of grandnephews and grandnieces, of whom two were children of a deceased child of the surviving sister, live wore children of nephews and nieces who died before the date of the will, and the others were children of surviving nephews…
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Bill in Equity, fox instruction in the execution of a trust. Josiali Thurston died testate, November 18, 1886, leaving one sister, seventeen nephews and nieces (eleven of whom were children of deceased brothers and sisters), and a large number of grandnephews and grandnieces, of whom two were children of a deceased child of the surviving sister, live wore children of nephews and nieces who died before the date of the will, and the others were children of surviving nephews and nieces. Sarah A. Towle, a person “brought up” by Josiali as stated in his will, died between the date of the will and…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
By the terms of the will, the income of the residue of the estate, for the term of ten years, was to be applied for the relief of the most destitute of the testator’s relatives, not to extend beyond the children of Ms brothers and sisters and their families, and then the principal was to be “ equally divided between them, including the children of Nathaniel H. Thurston, deceased, and the children of Sarah A. Towle.” In respect to the income, it has already been decided that a charitable trust was created, the beneficiaries of wlfich were limited to such of the testator’s relatives as were not…
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- Stevens v. DouglassSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1894
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