Hopkins v. Grimshaw
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SÜPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was a bill in. equity, filed May' 24, 1889, against William II.
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APPEAL FROM THE SÜPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was a bill in. equity, filed May' 24, 1889, against William II. Gvimshaw, and ¿gainst Mary J. Brooks, an heir 0+ .Bteubney Forrest, by’the other heirs of Forrest, and by “ Ho-’roh G. Oamimags, trustee,”'to enforce a resulting trust JO. i ml tv ob.'aiu partition of, land in the city.of "Washington, ,r«\ -i y. ji:> Davi l Bedden and others, trustees for the Union Beneficial Society of the City of Washington, for a burial ground. The case was heard upon pleadings and proofs, and was in substance as follows: By deed dated August 9,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
Stephney Forrest, in 1845, purchased a parcel of land in Washington, and conveyed it to three persons, “trustees for the Union Beneficial Society of Washington City,” habendum to them “ and their successors in office forever, for the sole use and benefit of the Union Beneficial Society of the City of-Washington as aforesaid, for a burial ground, and for no other .purpose whatever.” Forrest died in 1855 ; and all three trustees afterwards died.
The Union Beneficial Society was an unincorporated association for the mutual aid of its members in case of sickness, and for their burial in case of…
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