De Witt v. Chandler
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from an order dismissing the complaint. On the 30th day of November, 1847, Peter Chandler made and executed Ms last will and testament, and among numerous bequests made the following : “I give and bequeath to my executors the sum of three thousand dollars, in trust, to pay over the same in six years from my decease, to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as the treasurer of the American Protestant Society, reorganized in the city of Hew York, under its…
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Appeal from an order dismissing the complaint. On the 30th day of November, 1847, Peter Chandler made and executed Ms last will and testament, and among numerous bequests made the following : “I give and bequeath to my executors the sum of three thousand dollars, in trust, to pay over the same in six years from my decease, to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as the treasurer of the American Protestant Society, reorganized in the city of Hew York, under its present name in the year 1844, to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of said society, and under its…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.—Hogeboom, J.
This action is brought to require the defendants to pay the sum of $3,000, and interest, to the treasurer of the American and Foreign Christian Union, to be by him applied to such charitable uses and purposes as were directed in the will of the defendant’s testator, or if such treasurer is not the proper person to receive the same, then to some suitable and proper person, to be appointed by the court as trustee, to receive the said fund, and to apply the same to and for the charitable uses and purposes set forth in the constitution of the Ameri*469can Protestant Society,…
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