People's Trust Co. v. Smith

The only question presented is whether the provisions contained in section 6 of the act of 1848 for the incorporation of benevolent and charitable corporations, which invalidates the bequests contained in a will which had not been made and executed at least two months before the death of the testator, is binding upon the defendant the Presbyterian Home for Aged Women. This corporation was created by special act of the legislature (Laws 1869, c. 413), and is thereby “authorized to take and hold, by gift, purchase, devise or otherwise, subject to all provisions of existing laws in relation to…