Adams Female Academy v. Adams
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, by the trustees of the Adams Female Academy, asking for leave to sell certain real estate, and to apply the whole income of the institution, according to an act of the legislature, to the support of a public school in connection with the town of Derry.
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Bill in Equity, by the trustees of the Adams Female Academy, asking for leave to sell certain real estate, and to apply the whole income of the institution, according to an act of the legislature, to the support of a public school in connection with the town of Derry. The original fund of the academy was given to a board of trustees by Jacob Adams, by will, “ to establish a female academy in Londonderry for the education of females,” the location of such academy being fixed by the will.
1Opinion of the Court
The trust created by the will of Jacob Adams "to establish a female academy in Londonderry for the education of females," was a gift to charitable uses. It was accepted by the trustees, and has been administered for a period of sixty years, according to the purpose of the testator expressed in the will. The trustees represent that circumstances have so changed that the original plan of administering the trust is no longer practicable, and they ask the direction of the court whether they may change the mode of executing the same by converting certain real estate held by them as a part of the…
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