Iglehart v. Iglehart
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This is an appeal from a decree of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, affirming a decree of the Supreme Court of the District construing a will. 26 App.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This is an appeal from a decree of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, affirming a decree of the Supreme Court of the District construing a will. 26 App. D. C. 209. The bill was filed by the executor of the will of Annie E. I. Andrews, who was a resident of the District at the time of her death, and whose will was there duly admitted to probate March 28, 1904. The Supreme Court held that all disputed provisions of the will were valid and entered a decree to that effect, which was affirmed by the Court of Appeals, on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The first inquiry is in regard to the law existing in the District of Columbia upon the subject of trusts of this nature. There are two sections of the Code of the District of Columbia (sections 669 and 1023) which are involved in the question before us. Section 669 (sub-chapter 6, relating to “Cemetery Associations,” of chapter 18, relating to “Corporations”) provides in substance that it shall be lawful for cemetery associations incorporated under the laws of the^ District _ to, take and bold any grant, etc., upon trust, to apply the income thereof under the direction of the association for…
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