Pratt v. Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, The Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum in the city of Albany and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of March, 1895, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The action was brought for the construction of the will of William C. Herring, deceased, by which bequests were made for charitable purposes to certain organizations, some incorporated and some unincorporated. Several of the bequests were held good at the Special Term, and as to those no question is raised upon this appeal. Those of the appellants whose bequests were held to be invalid dispute the correctness of the judgment so far as it refuses to recognize as valid the bequests to them respectively; and all of the appellants, attack it because it does not adjudge the payment of…
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