North Troy Graded School District v. Town of Troy
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery, Orleans County. Heard at Chambers, July 19, 1906, on the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts, Watson, Chancellor.
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Appeal in Chancery, Orleans County. Heard at Chambers, July 19, 1906, on the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts, Watson, Chancellor. Decree, that the orator is entitled annually to receive one-half the income of the Moses Dodge Fund, and that the defendant town school district pay to the orator all the income of said fund that said defendant has annually received, from the year 1896 to the commencement of this suit, in excess of one-half such annual income, with interest on each annual overpayment from the time it was received. The defendant appealed. The opinion fully states the…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, C. J.
On March-7, 1890, Moses Dodge, who then was, and for forty years had been, a resident of the town of Troy, made his will, whereby he gave the residue of his estate to said town in these words:
“The residue and remainder of all my estate, both real and personal, I give to the town of Troy in trust, and all of the same to be held in trust by said town for all the school districts and fractional school districts in said town, and all that may hereafter be in said town; the same to be known and forever called The Moses Dodge Fund, and all of the same to be kept at interest by said town forever,…
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