Newell's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
■ Appeal from the decree- of the Orphans’ Court, Philadelphia, lipón the report of an auditor appointed to' adjust the account of the executors of the will of John Hoff, and to' report distribution. The appellants, Newell and wife, were residuary legatees. under the wijl.
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■ Appeal from the decree- of the Orphans’ Court, Philadelphia, lipón the report of an auditor appointed to' adjust the account of the executors of the will of John Hoff, and to' report distribution. The appellants, Newell and wife, were residuary legatees. under the wijl. The testator, by his will proved 9th April, 1849, inter alia, devised as follows : “ To the trustees, or those- who hold the funds of ‘the Theological Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey,’ I give $2500 in perpetuity, the interest whereof for scholarships; conditioned that those who embrace the benefit of this bequest, do form…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, March 12, 1855, by
Woodward, J.
The fourth clause of John Hoff’s will gave to the trustees or those who hold the funds of the Theological Seminary at Princeton, state of New Jersey, “ $2500 in perpetuity, for the establishment of a scholarship.” An annual address to advocate the testator’s peculiar views of a system of -universal education is mentioned in the elaborate condition appended to the bequest; and $1000 additional is given “to be invested in con-nexion with the fund for the scholarship, the interest thereof to print the annual address.”
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