Thompson v. Tryon
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in chancery for the appointment of a trustee and the execution of a trust. ' Heard upon bill and answer at the April term, 1893, Chittenden county. Tyler, chancellor, decreed that the trust property should be distributed per stirpes among the surviving children and the issue of those deceased. The defendants appeal.
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Bill in chancery for the appointment of a trustee and the execution of a trust. ' Heard upon bill and answer at the April term, 1893, Chittenden county. Tyler, chancellor, decreed that the trust property should be distributed per stirpes among the surviving children and the issue of those deceased. The defendants appeal. In 1833 Joseph Harrington conveyed a house and lot to-H. H. Harrington, in trust for his daughter, Mary Tryon, and her husband Jeremiah, by deed which declared the trust as follows : “To have and to hold the same with all the privileges- and appurtenances thereto and thereof…
1Opinion of the CourtTaft, J.
Joseph Harrington, on the 18th day of January, 1833, conveyed to his son Hiram a lot with a dwelling *194house and outbuildings thereon, upon the special trust to allow Mary Tryon, a daughter of said Joseph, with her husband Jeremiah, during their lives and the life of the survivor of them, to use, occupy and enjoy the premises as a home for themselves and their children in such way and manner that said Mary might at all times be certain of a home Tor herself and children. The trustee was given power to sell and invest the proceeds in other real estate for the purposes aforesaid. The children…
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