Powell v. Hatch
Citation | 100 Mo. 592,14 S.W. 49 |
Parties | POWELL v. HATCH et al. |
Decision Date | 02 June 1890 |
Court | United States State Supreme Court of Missouri |
Appeal from circuit court, Jackson county; J. H. SLOVER, Judge.
The facts necessary to an understanding of this case can perhaps be most satisfactorily exhibited by setting out in full the petition and answer, as the case is substantially an agreed one, as will be seen. Petition. ...
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St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Little
...poor homeless children" is a valid bequest for charitable purposes. Chambers v. St. Louis, 29 Mo. 543; Howe v. Wilson, 91 Mo. 45; Powell v. Hatch, 100 Mo. 592; Barkley v. Donnelly, 112 Mo. 561. (3) A clause in a will should not be declared void for uncertainty merely because it is capable o......
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Gossett v. Swinney
...within that class of charities where the courts can and will direct the trustee to carry out the will of the testator." In Powell v. Hatch, 100 Mo. 592, 14 S. W. 49, a will devising a fund to a trustee to be devoted "to such charitable purposes as my said trustee may deem best," was In Sapp......
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Boyd v. Frost Nat. Bank
...stated that the decision was based upon a statute passed in Wisconsin in 1917 which changed the rule in that state. Powell v. Hatch, 100 Mo. 592, 14 S.W. 49. 43 Elizabeth is a part of the common law of Missouri. However, in that state it is held in Hadlee v. Forsee, 203 Mo. 418, 101 S.W. 59......
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Lackland v. Walker
... ... 126; Schmidt v. Hess, 60 ... Mo. 591; First Baptist Church v. Robberson, 71 Mo ... 326; Howe v. Wilson, 91 Mo. 47; Powell v. Hatch, 100 ... Mo. 592; Mo. Hist. Soc. v. Academy of Science, 94 ... Mo. 459; Barkley v. Donnelly, 112 Mo. 561. (2) The ... will of Mr ... ...
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