Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. v. Olney
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in Equity to obtain a judicial construction of parts of the will of Stephen T. Olney, and for instructions. On exceptions to the master’s report. The former proceedings in this case are reported in 14 R. I. 449, where such parts of the will as are involved in the present questions before the court are printed.
1Per curiam
This is a suit in equity instituted by the complainant, as executor and trustee under the will of the late Stephen T. Olney, for instructions in regard to its duties under the 14th article of the will. The 14th article makes reference to the 13th, and cannot be construed apart from it. By the 13th article the testator bequeaths $4,000 to the Rhode Island Hospital for the endowment of a free bed; $25,000 to any institution that may be established as a home for aged men ; $10,000 to the Children’s Friend Society; and $10,000 to Brown University for the increase of plants and botanical books,…
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