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Wood v. Trustees of the Fourth Baptist Church

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided January 11, 1905PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Bill in Equity for instructions.

1Opinion of the CourtTillinghast, C. J.

This is a bill for instructions as to the disposition of certain trust property now in the possession of the complainant as trustee, under and by virtue of the will of Harriot O. Baker.

Said Harriot died-on November 26, 1876, leaving a last will and testament dated June 28, 1875, which was duly admitted to probate on December 26, 1876. Under said will the testatrix, after providing for the payment of all her just debts and funeral expenses, including the expense of erecting gravestones, etc., in the family burial lot in the North Burial Ground in Providence, and after making a specific devise…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Beall v. Surviving Executors of FoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
  2. Seda v. HubleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
  3. American Bible Society v. WetmoreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1845
  4. Johnson v. MayneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1856
  5. Tappan v. DebloisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1858

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Fitzgerald v.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1930
  2. Ackerman v. FichterIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Succession of TiltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  4. Payne v. City of ProvidenceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
  5. Congregation Jeshuat Israel v. Congregation Shearith IsraelCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2018

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