Crawford v. Creswell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillakd. The bill in this case was filed on the 14th October, 1873, by David Creswell and his sis children, against James Crawford and Samuel L. Creswell as trustees, and against their children as legatees in remainder, of a certain trust fund created by the will of Bobert Creswell, who died in 1850. The material limitations of the trust are stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillakd. The bill in this case was filed on the 14th October, 1873, by David Creswell and his sis children, against James Crawford and Samuel L. Creswell as trustees, and against their children as legatees in remainder, of a certain trust fund created by the will of Bobert Creswell, who died in 1850. The material limitations of the trust are stated in the opinion of the court. The object of the bill was to authorize the trustees, under the decree of the court, to invest a portion of the trust fund in the purchase of a…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, J. —
Eobert Creswell, having made and executed *500bis last will, died, and bis will was admitted to probate about tlie year 1850. By the fifth item of his will, he constituted his son, Samuel L. Creswell, and James Crawford, or the survivor of them, trustees of his son, David Cres-well, and bequeathed to them, in trust, a pecuniary legacy, which, in 1868, amounted to some fifteen thousand dollars. J ames Crawford alone took upon himself the trust, and held this fund. Among other duties, not necessary to be here noticed, the trustees were, by the will, charged and instructed as follows : “…
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