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32 Ind. 367

Ex parte Lindley

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1869

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1869-11-15

<p>Charitable Trust.— Will.—A testator devised all-his .estate to a person named, who was also appointed by the will as executor thereof, in trust, to sell and dispose of the same and apply the proceeds to the payment of the testator’s debts, arid-the residue “to the education of colored children in the State of Indiana.”</p> <p>jB'eld, that said executor, after payment of the decedent’s debts, was entitled to hold said residue, for the purpose of carrying out the charitable trust, which was not void for uncertainty.</p>

Relies on M'Cord v. Ochiltree · Common Council of Richmond v. State ex rel. Mendenhall

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Decided 1869-11-15

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Gregory, J.

¶1John Williams (a colored man) devised all his estate to the appellant in trust, to sell and dispose of the same and apply the proceeds thereof, first, to the payment* of his debts; second, the residue to be applied by his trustee “ to the education of colored children in the State of "Indiana.” The appellant was appointed by the will executor as well as trustee to execute the trust. At the April term, *1867, of the court below, Lindley, as executor, made-his report, showing that, after the payment of the debts of the testator, there remained in his hands five thousand five hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty-eight cents to be applied to the trust. Over the objection and exception of the appellant, the court made an order directing the money to be paid into court, and declaring the trust ■closed.

I. L. Collins and J. S. Butler, for appellant.

¶2The appellant, in April, 1869, petitioned the court to-have the money replaced in his hands, in order to enable-him to carry out the trust. The court refused to make the order, and the executor appeals to this court from these orders.

¶3This is a charitable trust, and there being a person* named to execute it, the trust is not void for uncertainty.- See M’Cord v. Ochiltree, 8 Blackf. 15; The Common Council of the City of Richmond v. The State, ex rel. Mendenhall, 5 Ind. 334.

¶4The court below erred in ordering the money paid into court, and also in refusing to order it returned to- the appellant.

¶5The judgment of the court below in ordering the money paid into court, and declaring the trust closed, is reversed. Cause remanded, with direction to order the money to be repaid to the appellant.

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