Bartlet v. King

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1815-11-15

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Dewey, J. The action is for a legacy given by the will of Mary Morris, deceased, to the plaintiffs, in trust for The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, for the purpose of promoting the pious objects of said board. The proceedings are according to the course of the common law, and the action is given by statute. The clause of the will, on which the action is founded, is in th…

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