Argued June 10, 1927 Decided July 20, 1927 Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department. Robert H. Wilson, Jr., for appellants. George P. Fall for executor, respondent. Isaac N. Jacobson for Edward W. Curtis, Jr., et al., respondents. Albert Ottinger, Attorney-General ( Robert P. Beyer of counsel), for respondent. POUND, J. The question is as to the validity of the twenty-eighth clause of the will of Mary C. Durbrow, deceased, a childless widow, which reads as follows: " Twenty-eighth
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. No. 153. Argued December 13, 14, 1905. Decided January 2, 1906. Institutions incorporated under special acts of Congress take their character from the act incorporating them and bequests to Georgetown College and other institutions in the District of Columbia under a will made within thirty days of the death of the testator held not void, under ยง 34 of the Maryland Bill of Rights, as the legatees are not sectarian institutions under any
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. No. 359. Argued November 5, 8, 1909. Decided February 21, 1910. A state legislature, unless restrained by the constitution of the State, may contract to limit the State's power of taxation; but, as taxation is essential to the existence and operation of government, an exemption therefrom will not be presumed from doubtful language, but must be expressed beyond reasonable doubt. When a State becomes the owner by purchase of the entire property
Argued October 5, 1921 Decided December 6, 1921 Motion for re-argument submitted January 9, 1922 Decided January 17, 1922 James N. Gehrig for appellant. Herbert L. Fordham for respondents. CRANE, J. Gerard Beekman, a bachelor, died on November 9th, 1918, at the age of seventy-five. His only near relatives living at the time of his death were his sister, Mrs. Hoppin, and her descendants. There were no other kinsmen of nearer relationship than second cousin, one degree removed. Mr. Beekman stated in
January 17, 1928. Andrew C. Fenton, for Courtney R. Sanford and Frank Kittle, executors and trustees. Ives Craft, for Ursula S. Hull and Nancy Sanford, as administration of D. Rowland Sanford, deceased. James A. Betts [ Virgil B. Van Wagonen of counsel], for The Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church and The Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Albert Ottinger, Attorney-General, successor to Charles D. Newton, Attorney-General. McNAUGHT