Wanamaker's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Linn,
June 30, 1933:
The single question requiring discussion is: has Princeton University (for convenience, hereafter called university) complied with the condition imposed by the testator? He died March 9, 1928. ■ The conditional gift appears in a codicil made August 5, 1927, about seven months before his death, and is as follows:
“Sixteenth. In the event of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, establishing a permanent course for Mercantile Business Instruction, I order and direct the annual payment of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars for the creation of Ten…
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